String Quintet, op. 163

Album by Franz Schubert & Fitzwilliam String Quartet & Christopher van Kampen

String Quintet, Op. 163 is a string quintet by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, completed in 1828. The work is part of the late Classical to early Romantic chamber repertoire and has expansive, lyrical lines, dense low-register writing for two cellos and a richly coloured harmonic language; it was written near the end of Schubert's life and is one of his last large-scale chamber pieces.

String Quintet, op. 163 by Franz Schubert - album cover

First released: 1986

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1.
String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo
20:10
2.
String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: II. Adagio
14:55
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String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: III. Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Andante sostenuto
10:45
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String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956: IV. Allegretto
9:53