Schubert 2020-2028: The String Quartets Project, Vol. 1

Featuring

Eugenia Ottaviano
Guglielmo Dandolo Marchesi
Erin Kirby
Moritz Benjamin Kolb
Alinde Quartett
Franz Schubert

Thomas Kotcheff

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Composition History

For this album, Alinde commissioned six contemporary composers, including Thomas Kotcheff, to write new works based on Schubert's song 'Alinde'.

Album & Artwork

The ensemble Alinde takes its name from a song by Franz Schubert, whose string quartets are featured on this album.

Historical Context

During Schubert's youth in Vienna, amateur musicians played in homes, while increasingly complex chamber music demanded professional performers and public concerts.

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert played the viola in his family's string quartet at home, with his brothers on violins and his father on cello.

Composition History

Schubert's Quartettsatz in c-moll is a fragment of a string quartet, with the composition breaking off in the second movement after only 42 bars.

Recording & Production

This album is part of a larger project by Alinde to record all of Franz Schubert's string quartets by 2028, commemorating the 200th anniversary of his death.