Les derniers quatuors

Album by Franz Schubert & Melos Quartett

Les derniers quatuors is a set of late string quartets by Franz Schubert, composed between 1824 and 1828. They exhibit advanced harmonic language, expansive formal structures and lyrical chamber writing that mark a culmination of Schubert's output in the genre and influenced subsequent developments in the string quartet repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
    15:30
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
    12:59
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3:33
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": IV. Presto
    8:36
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde": I. Allegro ma non troppo
    13:09
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde": II. Andante
    6:44
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde": III. Menuetto. Allegretto
    7:07
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde": IV. Allegro moderato
    6:56

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D.887: I. Allegro molto moderato
    20:08
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D.887: II. Andante un poco moto
    12:06
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D.887: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    6:31
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D.887: IV. Allegro Assai
    11:08
  5. 6.
    String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D.703 "Quartettsatz": I. Allegro assai
    8:59

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