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This is (apparently) the last in a series of releases from the Signum Quartett combining string quartets by the composer with arrangements of Schubert songs by the group's violist, Xandi van Dijk. That idea is unusual nowadays but wouldn't have been in Schubert's day. The idea is to put a personal flavor to Schubert's music, and quiet, clear recording ambiance of the Sendesaal Bremen contributes nicely to the effect. Here, the group's aim is right on the surface, for the album contains Schubert's first string quartet and his last one. Each seems to be on the verge of new breakthroughs. The String Quartet in G major, D. 18, written when Schubert was no more than 14, is an odd work, with each of its four movements in different keys. The movements may have been written at different times, but even the act of calling it a string quartet was an ambitious one. That work is nicely integrated with the songs by the group, which sets a quiet chamber atmosphere consistent with everything we know about the way Schubert's music was performed during his own lifetime. The String Quartet in G major, D. 887, is something else again, a large work stretching the boundaries of the genre as it was known. It was Schubert's last work in the genre. Yet even this fits with the general idea of the album; at the end of his life, with death a definite presence, he was striving toward new dimensions for the string quartet, just as he had at the beginning. The work stands out sharply from the others on the album and is played in a much more full-blooded way, but this is really the idea on a release that plunges the listener into Schubert's own life.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, D. 18 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Xandi van Dijk, Arranger
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Xandi van Dijk, Arranger
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Xandi van Dijk, Arranger
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
String Quartet N. 15 in G Major, D. 887 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - Sebastian Stein, Producer - Signum Quartett, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Xandi van Dijk, Arranger
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Album review
This is (apparently) the last in a series of releases from the Signum Quartett combining string quartets by the composer with arrangements of Schubert songs by the group's violist, Xandi van Dijk. That idea is unusual nowadays but wouldn't have been in Schubert's day. The idea is to put a personal flavor to Schubert's music, and quiet, clear recording ambiance of the Sendesaal Bremen contributes nicely to the effect. Here, the group's aim is right on the surface, for the album contains Schubert's first string quartet and his last one. Each seems to be on the verge of new breakthroughs. The String Quartet in G major, D. 18, written when Schubert was no more than 14, is an odd work, with each of its four movements in different keys. The movements may have been written at different times, but even the act of calling it a string quartet was an ambitious one. That work is nicely integrated with the songs by the group, which sets a quiet chamber atmosphere consistent with everything we know about the way Schubert's music was performed during his own lifetime. The String Quartet in G major, D. 887, is something else again, a large work stretching the boundaries of the genre as it was known. It was Schubert's last work in the genre. Yet even this fits with the general idea of the album; at the end of his life, with death a definite presence, he was striving toward new dimensions for the string quartet, just as he had at the beginning. The work stands out sharply from the others on the album and is played in a much more full-blooded way, but this is really the idea on a release that plunges the listener into Schubert's own life.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Signum Quartett
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Label: PentaTone
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Quartets
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Signum Quartett under exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
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