Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major is linked to death in a way few pieces of music are. The early 19th century Austrian composer was prolific enough to have a large body of work yet died quite ...
Valentin Erben (cello), Belcea Quartet EMI Classics 967 0252 (2 CDs)***** An on-form Belcea Quartet here offer Schubert's last three chamber works for strings, the great C major String Quintet, the ...
It must have been disappointing. Franz Schubert could not get anyone interested in publishing his monumental String Quintet in C major, now considered one of the greatest pieces in the chamber music ...
Two recent performances of Franz Schubert’s sublime String Quintet in C Major provided an opportunity to test a common presumption in the classical-music business: that older performers invariably ...
Coming in at No 3 behind Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Schubert’s C major String Quintet of 1828 has long been a favourite on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, ...
On the program are Schubert's String Quintet in C Major and Beethoven's Septet in E-flat Major. "Franz Schubert's String Quintet is filled with beautiful and dramatic melodies and features two cellos ...
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Fitting Schubert's heavenly string ­quintet and the final two quartets, all substantial works, on to just two discs is quite a feat, but the price to be paid is that the G major quartet is awkwardly ...