Verklärte Nacht, Op 4 (Schoenberg)
from Schubert: String Quintet; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (4783551)
1 'Zwei Menschen gehn durch kahlen, kalten Hain' [6'41]
2 'Ich trag ein Kind, und nit von Dir' [6'28]
3 'Sie geht, mit ungelenkem Schritt' [2'36]
4 'Das Kind, das Du empfangen hast' [9'41]
5 'Er lasst sie um die starken Hüften' [4'23]
29 minutes 49 seconds 5 tracks
‘They play with a control that brings real dramatic immediacy to the pieces … all the players converse with a single voice—the herding calls of the third movement [of the Schubert], for instance, ...
‘The individual strands of the chamber version make the music even more claustrophobic than it need be, so that by the end of the half-hour the feeling that you are in the sauna is overwhelming. This ...
‘There's no trace here of starry individualism, but instead a real feeling of collegiate responsibility in the way that all the players constantly listen to each other and shade their own contribution ...