Fitzwilliam String Quartet - Schubert: Late String Quartets. G Major & C Minor 'Quartettsatz' (2021) [Digital Download 24/96]

The Fitzwilliam String Quartet give a revelatory recording on period instruments of Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, D. 887.

Having celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2019, it is perhaps remarkable that the Fitzwilliam String Quartet has not already recorded this towering pinnacle of Western music repertoire but this performance proves it was well worth the wait! The work’s idiomatic grandeur and overall complexity coupled with its everchanging tonalities and otherworldly atmosphere call for the sort of stamina that is the privilege of a limited few. The Fitzwilliams rise admirably to the challenge, demonstrating the characteristic expertise which has defined their recordings over many decades.

Inexplicably left unfinished, the C minor ‘Quartettsatz’ rounds off the programme. This chiseled, and yet formally unorthodox, single movement is presented here with its Andante second movement completed by leading Schubert scholar Brian Newbould.

Tracklist:
1. String Quartet in C Minor "Quartettsatz", D. 703: I. Allegro assai (09:39)
2. String Quartet in C Minor "Quartettsatz", D. 703: II. Andante (08:42)
3. String Quartet in G Major, D. 887: I. Allegro molto moderato (22:35)
4. String Quartet in G Major, D. 887: II. Andante un poco moto (12:50)
5. String Quartet in G Major, D. 887: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - Trio (Allegretto) (07:35)
6. String Quartet in G Major, D. 887: IV. Allegro assai (12:52)


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