Oktett op. 166

Album by Franz Schubert & Ensemble Walter Boeykens

The Octet in F major, D.803 (Oktett) is a chamber-music composition by Franz Schubert, completed in 1824. Scored for an eight-player ensemble combining winds and strings in a multi-movement structure, it exemplifies Schubert's late chamber writing with expansive melodies, contrapuntal textures and early-Romantic harmonic language, and is one of his largest works for small ensemble within his late creative period.
First released: 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Adagio - Allegro
    15:40
  2. 2.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Adagio
    12:09
  3. 3.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Allegro vivace
    6:18
  4. 4.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Andante
    12:10
  5. 5.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Menuetto
    6:43
  6. 6.
    Oktett F-Dur D. 803, op. 166: Andante molto - Allegro
    10:44

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