Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major & String Quintet in C Major
6/12/2020, 8 Tracks, 1:18:56
Featuring
Sergey Ostrovsky
Noémie Bialobroda
Daniel Mitnitsky
Amit Peled
Philippe Villafranca
Aviv Quartet
Franz Schubert
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Composition History
Schubert's C major String Quintet was written during his final illness in 1828 and was not published until 1853, as the publisher Probst showed no interest in it.
Composer Biography
Schubert rejected a scholarship for further academic study at age 15, hoping to devote himself more fully to music, and later worked briefly as a primary schoolteacher.
Performer Biography
Cellist Amit Peled performs on the only known copy of the 'Servais' Stradivarius, made by Vuillaume around 1865.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert, a native of Vienna, was trained as a choir boy of the Imperial Chapel under Antonio Salieri and was a pupil of the Staatskonvikt.
Performer Biography
The Aviv Quartet, founded in Israel in 1997, has won numerous international awards, including the Grand Prix at the Third Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
Compositional Technique
The scoring of Schubert's C major String Quintet, for two violins, viola, and two cellos, follows a pattern used by cellist Boccherini and Georges Onslow, rather than the more common Mozart-style quintet.
Album & Artwork
The Aviv Quartet's name, 'Aviv,' is Hebrew for 'spring,' representing their artistic philosophy of fresh thinking and revealing true nature in their performances.
