Schubert - String Quintet in C major [HD Tracks] 24.96

Schubert - String Quintet in C major [HD Tracks] 24.96

Genre: Classical
Source: Hyperion Records 2012 HD Tracks
Codec: FLAC
Bitrate: ~ 2,500 kbps
Bit Depth: 24
Sample Rate: 96 kHz

Takács Quartet

String Quintet in C major D956

01 Allegro ma non troppo
02 Adagio 14:31
03 Scherzo: Presto, Trio: Andante sostenuto
04 Allegretto

String Quartet in C minor 'Quartettsatz' D703

05 Allegro 9:06

The matchless Takács Quartet return to Schubert. Their first disc on Hyperion—his ‘Death and the Maiden’ and ‘Rosamunde’ quartets—received unprecedently 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—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—of the highest quality—of a String Quartet in C minor abandoned by the composer.