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Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, 'Rosamunde' - String Quartet in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden'

9/4/2012, 8 Tracks, 1:13:32

Featuring

  • Alex Redington
  • Jonathan Stone
  • Simon Tandree
  • John Myerscough
  • Doric String Quartet
  • Franz Schubert

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Composer Biography

Franz Schubert grew up playing viola in his family's string quartet, which was led by his schoolmaster father.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Schubert's String Quartet in A minor was performed on March 14, 1824, by the Schuppanzigh Quartet, but the String Quartet in D minor was not publicly performed during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

After a four-year gap in composing string quartets, Schubert embarked on a String Quartet in C minor in December 1820, but only completed the first movement, known as the Quartettsatz.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which provides a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

In early 1823, Schubert fell seriously ill with syphilis, which led him to abandon operatic ambitions and focus on chamber and symphonic music, and song.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Doric String Quartet won First Prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan in 2008.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Both string quartets on this recording, D 810 and D 804, were composed in an "astonishing burst of renewal" in February and March 1824.

Source: Booklet

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