Schubert – String Quartets: �Rosamunde� & �Death and the Maiden� (2012, FLAC)

Cast:
Doric String Quartet:
Alex Redington, violin
Jonathan Stone, violin
Simon Tandree, viola
John Myerscough, cello

Tracks:
01-04. Quartet in A minor, D 804 �Rosamunde�
05-08. Quartet in D minor, D 810 �Der Tod und das M�dchen�

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On its new release, the Doric String Quartet turns to the music of Franz Schubert. It is the Quartet�s fifth release for Chandos, and the discography has gone from strength to strength. MusicWeb International said of the recent Korngold release (CHAN 10707): �The Doric Quartet seem to have a Midas touch, and any repertoire they commit to disc comes out sparkling.� Their Schumann release (CHAN 10692) was �Recording of the Month� in both Gramophone and BBC Music.

In March 1824, despite describing himself as �the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world�, Schubert completed not only the great Octet, but also the two String Quartets recorded here.

The String Quartet in D minor is considered the greatest of Schubert�s late quartets, mainly on account of its raw emotional honesty, which reaches an almost unendurable pitch in the second movement, a set of variations based on Schubert�s song Der Tod und das M�dchen. All four movements are driven by extensively repeated rhythmic figures, reminiscent of the musical style of Schubert�s great idol, Beethoven.

Full of Schubertian ambivalence, the String Quartet in A minor is a deeply intimate work. The opening, expressing brooding sadness, is played by the first violin over a restless accompaniment, subsequently interrupted by flurries of almost manic energy. In the second movement, Schubert �borrowed� the main melody from the third Entr�acte of his incidental music to the play Rosamunde, F�rstin von Zypern (1823) by Wilhelmine von Ch�zy.

– Chandos

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