Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956

Featuring

Włodzimierz Promiński
Andrzej Kordykiewicz
Piotr Reichert
Roman Hoffmann
Marta Kordykiewicz
Camerata Quartet

Franz Schubert

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Composer Biography

Franz Schubert, an Austrian composer, died at the young age of 31, leaving behind an immense body of over 1500 compositions.

Performer Biography

The Camerata Quartet, a prominent Polish chamber music ensemble, was founded in 1984 and has won numerous international awards, including First Prize in Paris.

Performer Biography

The Camerata Quartet has released over 20 recordings with labels like DUX, Koch International, Ricercar, and Thorofon, receiving awards such as the Diapason d'Or and Pizzicato Supersonic Award.

Composition History

Schubert's String Quintet in C major is his last chamber work, composed in September 1828, just two months before his death.

Recording & Production

This recording of Schubert's String Quintet in C major was made at the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce, Poland, on October 28, 2014.

Critical Reception

Schubert's last chamber work, the String Quintet, was not performed until 22 years after his death and was only published in 1853.

Compositional Technique

In his String Quintet, Schubert used a scoring of two violins, viola, and two cellos, drawing from Luigi Boccherini's tradition and differing from the Viennese Classical convention of doubling violas.