The Last Three Quartets

Album by Franz Schubert & Chilingirian Quartet

The Last Three Quartets is a set of three string quartets by Franz Schubert, composed between 1824 and 1826. These late chamber works combine lyrical melodies, sudden dramatic contrasts and an expanded harmonic language that mark a mature phase in Schubert's output and helped shape the trajectory of 19th-century chamber music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    9:51
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804: II. Andante
    6:37
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804: III. Menuett & Trio
    7:25
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804: IV. Allegro moderato
    7:22
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 14 in A minor, D. 810 "Death & The Maiden": I. Allegro
    11:30
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 14 in A minor, D. 810 "Death & The Maiden": II. Andante con moto
    13:33
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 14 in A minor, D. 810 "Death & The Maiden": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    4:04
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 14 in A minor, D. 810 "Death & The Maiden": IV. Presto
    9:14

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887: I. Allegro molto moderato
    14:29
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887: II. Andante un poco moto
    11:40
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    7:10
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887: IV. Allegro assai
    10:32

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