Schubert - String Quartets 10 & 14 ‘Death and the Maiden’
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA417
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 21st September 2018
Contents
Works
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D87String Quartet no.14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
Artists
Quatuor Van KuijkWorks
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D87String Quartet no.14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
Artists
Quatuor Van KuijkAbout
‘It was quite naturally that the idea emerged of coupling a youthful quartet, No.10, composed at the age of sixteen, with a masterpiece by the mature Schubert, the “Death and the Maiden Quartet” No.14. As in the case of Mozart on our first recording, we wanted to present two different atmospheres with two quartets by the same composer.
‘This journey through time sheds a new light on the later works, because the process of getting to know the young Franz Schubert naturally means deepening our knowledge of his language, but also allows us to refine our appropriation of the style, sound and articulation specific to him.
‘In Quartet No.10, we tried to achieve purity in our playing, a crystalline sound that allows the music to unfold in the most fluid and natural way, keeping in mind the intimacy of the family living room for which these pages were written.
‘In No.14, more tormented, brusquer, more intense, we attempt to pay homage to the work’s symphonic dimension, and to its most sombre, most violent asperities. ‘Two sides to one man: the bright and dark faces of Schubert.’
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