String Quintet, op. 163

Album by Franz Schubert & Arcanto Quartett & Olivier Marron

String Quintet in C major, Op. 163 is a chamber-music composition by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, composed in 1828. Scored for two violins, viola and two cellos, it features expansive lyricism, rich harmonic colour and extended formal structures that exemplify Schubert's late style and contributed to the expansion of Romantic chamber music's expressive range.

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  1. 1.
    String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    19:27
  2. 2.
    String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: II. Adagio
    13:35
  3. 3.
    String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: III. Scherzo. Presto
    10:19
  4. 4.
    String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: IV. Allegretto
    9:16

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