Quatuor Sine Nomine - Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major - Op. 163, D. 956

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quintet in C Major - Op. 163, D. 956
For two Violins, Viola & two Cellos
1. Allegro ma non troppo 00:00
2. Adagio 19:59
3. Scherzo: Presto, Trio: Andante sostenuto 36:34
4. Allegretto 47:59
Quatuor Sine Nomine
François Guye, CEllo
Michael Wolf, Viola
Composed shortly before his death, the ineffably beautiful String Quintet in C Major D.956 was Schubert’s last chamber music composition. It is rightfully regarded not only as one of the composer’s most important works, but as one of the major works in the whole chamber music repertoire.
Thomas Mann said of the String Quintet that it is the music one would like to hear on one’s deathbed; it is indeed difficult to listen to it without feeling that Schubert must have had some premonition of the approaching end. It is the final and definitive expression of Schubert’s poetic vision, of that Romantic longing for the world beyond, whether in the dark lyricism of the first movement, the vigor of the Scherzo, the poetic Adagio, or the confident good humor of the closing movement.
This parting work is juxtaposed with one of Schubert’s earliest compositions, the Overture in C Minor for string quintet which the budding composer wrote in 1811 at the age of 14. It is characterized by formal clarity and dramatic expressiveness.
The Quartet Sine Nomine won First Prize and the Press Prize at the 1985 Evian International Competition; in 1987 it won the first Borciani Competition in Reggio nell’Emilia. The quartet has performed in the most important concert halls throughout Europe and America, including in London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.
The quartet has also recorded Brahms’ complete string quartets as well as his four quintets, Arriaga’s three string quartets, Haydn’s six quartets op. 76 and works by Turina for Claves. They are joined by cellist François Guye for Schubert’s C-Major Quintet, and by violist Michael Wolf for the youthful Overture in C Minor.
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RECORDING ENGINEER
Claude Marguerat, CM Sound, Lutry (Switzerland)
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Julien Azaïs, France
COVER GRAPHICS
Christoph Dütschler, Bern (Switzerland)
COVER ILLUSTRATION
Oil painting attributed to Franz Eybl, ca. 1827
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Recorded at the Salle Châtonneyres in Corseaux, 20-22 December 1999
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[@alguyegeneve]

Quelle sublime interprétation !!!!!

[@ClavesRecords]

Alex G Merci pour eux !

[@semrabahcivan8627]

Wonderful

[@BrigadierBogey]

Well, I disagree. The Adagio is played in a painfully slow, passive way and devoid of any energy. It makes the music simplistically sentimental. I have heard many interpretations of this magnificent work but this Adagio is an all-time low.

[@paulburg8639]

Yes. Slow doesn't need to be devoid of energy as I assume you would agree. Listen - for slow and sublime - to the Lindsay performance.