String Quintet in C major, D956 (Schubert)
from Schubert: String Quintet & String Trio (CDH55305)
1 Allegro ma non troppo [19'02]
2 Adagio [13'40]
3 Scherzo: Presto – Trio: Andante sostenuto [10'11]
4 Allegretto [9'41]
52 minutes 34 seconds 4 tracks
‘The String Quintet typifies Schubert's late style at its most profound. Composed in the year of his death (he was unbelievably still only 31), it is difficult to associate music of such awesome harmo ...
‘The playing has a kind of disciplined abandon that's rare enough on the concert platform and rarer still in the recording studio. The sound is forward and immediate enough to catch some moments of ro ...