Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz / Takacs
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67864 Format: CD Takács Quartet, Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)Composed by: SCHUBERT, F. The matchless Takács Quartet return to Schubert. Their first disc on Hyperion <0x2014> his Death and the Maiden and Rosamunde quartets <0x2014> received unprecedentedly lavish critical acclaim, acknowledging a new modern benchmark for these works. Now they turn to perhaps the most hauntingly beautiful of all Schubert's chamber works, the String Quintet <0x2014> completed six weeks before the composer's death. Schubert included a second cello in the texture, creating a sumptuously warm sound, a cradling intimacy. Here the Takács players are joined by cellist Ralph Kirshbaum. Also recorded here is the Quartettsatz: a fragment <0x2014> of the highest quality <0x2014> of a quartet in C minor abandoned by the composer. Price: $22.98 |