The Tokyo String Quartet performs on 'The Paganini Quartet', a group of renowned Stradivarius instruments once owned and played by the legendary virtuoso Niccolò Paganini.
Compositional Technique
Unlike Mozart, who added a second viola to his string quintets, Schubert added a second cello to the traditional string quartet, following the example of Boccherini.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in September 2010 at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, UK, and was recorded, edited, and mastered in DSD.
Composer Biography
Schubert died at the age of 31, just six weeks after writing to a publisher about his newly completed String Quintet and other works, none of which he saw in print.
Composition History
Schubert's String Quintet, considered perhaps his most hauntingly beautiful chamber work, remained unperformed until 1850, 22 years after its composition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert's C major Quintet deliberately explores emotional ambiguity, constantly alternating between light and shadow, serenity and drama.
Performer Biography
The Tokyo String Quartet, formed in 1969, has won first prizes at the Coleman Competition, the Munich Competition, and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
