String Quintet, D. 956 / String Quartet, D. 703 “Quartettsatz”

Album by Franz Schubert & Takács Quartet & Ralph Kirshbaum

This chamber-music collection by Austrian composer Franz Schubert pairs a late string quintet (composed 1828) with an earlier single-movement quartet fragment (composed 1820). The music blends Schubert's expansive, song-like melodies with dense, richly voiced string textures and advanced harmonic shifts, and the quintet in particular represents one of his final large-scale chamber works, showcasing his mature approach to counterpoint and structural breadth.

String Quintet, D. 956 / String Quartet, D. 703 “Quartettsatz” by Schubert - album cover

First released: 29th October 2012

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1.
String Quintet in C major, D. 956: Allegro ma non troppo
19:54
2.
String Quintet in C major, D. 956: Adagio
14:31
3.
String Quintet in C major, D. 956: Scherzo: Presto – Trio: Andante sostenuto
10:28
4.
String Quintet in C major, D. 956: Allegretto
9:42
5.
String Quartet in C minor, D. 703 “Quartettsatz”
9:05