Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor / Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor
3/31/1996, 8 Tracks, 1:03:51
Featuring
Lev Markiz
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Critical Reception
Despite its eventual fame, the public was 'uncomprehending' at the initial 'official' performances of Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' quartet.
Composition History
Schubert completed his 'Death and the Maiden' quartet in 1824, but its first private performance didn't occur until early 1826, two years after it was written.
Composition History
Franz Schubert's String Quartet in D minor, D.810, known as 'Death and the Maiden', takes its name from his 1817 song of the same title, which served as the basis for its second movement.
Composition History
Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, known as 'Quartetto serioso', was written in 1810 under the shadow of the painful end of his unhappy love affair with Therese Malfatti.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven himself named his String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, 'Quartetto serioso' (Serious Quartet), a rare instance as such nicknames were usually given by others.
Historical Context
During the late Romantic period, before radio and TV, it was common to 'enlarge' chamber music for performance in large concert halls, which may explain Gustav Mahler's arrangements on this album.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's 'Quartetto serioso' is described as 'strict' like his Egmont overture, rather than 'passionate' like his Appassionata piano sonata, and is constructed symphonically.
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