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Schubert: String Quartets D 46 & D 804 "Rosamunde"

6/15/1996, 8 Tracks, 1:01:14

Featuring

  • István Kertész
  • Erika Petőfi
  • Péter Ligeti
  • Rezső Pertorini
  • Festetics String Quartet
  • Franz Schubert

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Notable Performances

The Quartet in A minor, D 804, was premiered on March 14, 1824, by the Schuppanzigh Quartet, an ensemble known for premiering almost all of Beethoven's quartets.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert had direct experience with string quartets within his family, playing with his father and two elder brothers.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

In 1813, at age sixteen, Schubert chose to forego his studies at the Konvikt college, despite a brilliant school record, to dedicate himself more fully to composition, including his opera The Devil's Pleasure Castle.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Schubert's string quartets, the instruments take the place of the voice, intensifying the propensity for song and expressing fear, expectation, and desire in the absence of sung text.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Quartet in A minor, D 804, was the only one of Schubert's string quartets to be published during his lifetime, appearing on September 7, 1824.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Schubert's Quartet in A minor, D 804, nicknamed the 'Rosamunde Quartet,' quotes a theme from his own incidental music for the drama Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's instrumental music, particularly his chamber works like string quartets, explores anguish, despondency, and yearning, often conveying a 'cold darkness' peculiar to his imagination.

Source: Booklet

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