For their debut album, the award-winning Vision String Quartet present two works overshadowed by death. Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Quartet features variations on his song of the same name as its haunting slow movement, while Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 6 was composed shortly after he lost his sister Fanny – and only a matter of months before his own death.
Featuring
Jakob Encke
Daniel Stoll
Sander Stuart
Leonard Disselhorst
vision string quartet
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Instruments
Leonard Disselhorst, the cellist, plays a cello made by Gaetano Antoniazzi in Milan in 1892.
Instruments
Sander Stuart, the violist, plays a viola made by Ragnar Hayn in 2014.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Both Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet and Mendelssohn's F minor Quartet are central examples of 19th-century chamber music where death is the main theme.
Album & Artwork
This is the debut album for the vision string quartet, featuring two works that have been with them since their formation.
Instruments
Daniel Stoll, another violinist, used an Antonio Stradivari violin from 1733 for this recording, on loan from Atelier Cels Paris.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded in April 2019 at the former Sendesaal Bremen studio with sound engineer Christoph Franke.
Instruments
Jakob Encke, one of the violinists, played a Giuseppe Testore violin for this recording, kindly provided by the Schwarz family.
