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Schubert: String Quartets, Vol. 3

Schubert: String Quartets, Vol. 3
Composer Franz Schubert
Artist Diogenes Quartet
Format 1 CD
Cat. number 94463
EAN code 5028421944630
Release October 2014

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Schubert’s early string quartets raise a number of questions, as well as suggesting an intriguing level of experimentation on the young composer’s part. Firstly, there is the question of lost material. The lack of precise information on the compositional and biographical context of the Five Minuets and Five German Dances (marked ‘Vol.2’ by Schubert), and of the two Quartet Movements D68, gives us room to speculate that they may originally have been accompanied by a previous volume and additional movements respectively, now lost in the mists of musical history. The precise thinking behind the multiple versions of some of the Minuets and Dances is also unexplained, which is why the listener is treated on this album to two sharply contrasting ‘bonus’ versions, and has the opportunity to decide for themselves which fit more comfortably into the set. Early experimentation is the key theme of the Quartet D18, written when the composer was just 13 years old. Besides being of biographical interest, as we see Schubert grappling with fundamental compositional concepts for the first time, this experimentation also yields unexpected and interesting musical results. The Quartet Movements D68, meanwhile, are fascinating in their resourceful expansion of fairly minimal melodies and motifs.
This CD is the third volume of the Diogenes Quartet’s complete Schubert String Quartets cycle for Brilliant Classics, an ongoing recording project that fans of the composer will surely be keen to follow. Alongside this comprehensive account of the composer’s output, the quartet is engaged in a wide variety of other projects, including its own chamber music series, a crossover jazz programme, and concerts especially for children.
‘Immaculate execution … complemented by genuine emotional engagement’ (Vol.2), www.arkivmusic.com

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Track list

Disk 1

  1. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G Minor, D. 18: I. Andante – Presto vivace
  2. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G Minor, D. 18: II. Menuetto – Trio
  3. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G Minor, D. 18: III. Andante
  4. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G Minor, D. 18: IV. Presto
  5. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: I. Menuet No. 1 – Trio No. 1 – Trio No. 2
  6. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: II. Menuet No. 2
  7. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: III. Menuet No. 3 – Trio No. 3 – Trio No. 4
  8. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: IV. Menuet No. 4
  9. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: V. Menuet No. 5 – Trio No. 5 – Trio No. 6
  10. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: VI. German Dance No. 1 – Trio No. 7 – Trio No. 8
  11. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: VII. German Dance No. 2 – Trio No. 9 – Trio No. 10
  12. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: VIII. German Dance No. 3 – Trio No. 11
  13. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: IX. German Dance No. 4
  14. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: X. German Dance No. 5 – Trio No. 12 – Trio No. 13 – Coda
  15. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, D. 68: I. Allegro maestoso
  16. Franz Schubert: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, D. 68: II. Allegro
  17. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: III. Menuet No. 3 (2nd version) – Trio 1 – Trio 2
  18. Franz Schubert: 5 Menuets and 5 German Dances, D. 89: X. German Dance No. 5 – Trio No. 12 (2nd version) – Trio No. 13
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