String Quintet in C major, D956 (Schubert)
from Schubert: String Quintet & String Quartet D956 & 703 (CDA67864)
1 Allegro ma non troppo [19'54]
2 Adagio [14'31]
3 Scherzo: Presto – Trio: Andante sostenuto [10'28]
4 Allegretto [9'42]
54 minutes 35 seconds 4 tracks
‘The Takács pace the argument superbly, so that everything in this huge, complex structure seems to happen at exactly the right time’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘Schubert's String Quintet is magnificent throughout, but it is the slow movement that makes it sublime. The Takács reading … is superbly sensitive to the subtle, almost imperceptible shifts of m ...
‘The Takács' return to Schubert, with a performance of what is arguably the greatest of all his chamber works, has been well worth the wait, for though the CD catalogue already includes a number of tr ...