- Composer: Schubert
- Audio CD (July 31 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Ncl
- ASIN: B0000013QE
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#4,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #6 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > Quintets
- #11 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > Trios
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Track Listings
| 1. String Quintet In C Major: Allegro ma non troppo |
| 2. String Quintet In C Major: Adagio |
| 3. String Quintet In C Major: Scherzo: Presto |
| 4. String Quintet In C Major: Allegretto |
| 5. String Trio in B Flat Major: Allegro moderato |
| 6. String Trio in B Flat Major: Andante |
| 7. String Trio in B Flat Major: Menuetto: Allegretto |
| 8. String Trio in B Flat Major: Rondo: Allegretto |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
The Ensemble Villa Musica is a talented group of chamber music players that has done most of their recording work for the premium-priced MDG label. Somehow Naxos has gotten hold of them as well, and they turn in terrific performances of two Schubert classics, the tuneful and relaxing String Trio, and the String Quintet. This latter piece was literally composed while Schubert was on his deathbed, and it's one of the most intensely expressive masterpieces in all of chamber music. "Cosmic" is just about the only word that does it justice, particularly with regard to the slow movement. At budget price, this well-filled disc is self-recommending, even if you already have recordings of either of these pieces. To paraphrase Thoreau: "Duplicate! Duplicate!" --David Hurwitz
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
A death-bed masterpiece
May 16 2004
Format:Audio CD
Schubert wrote the String Quintet shortly before his death (at age 31) in 1828; one can only imagine what treasures might have followed had he lived another 30 or 40 years.
Unlike Mozart's quintets, Schubert utilized two cellos instead of two violas, giving the work a rather different (and in my view, richer) texture. Critics describe this quintet as "one of the most compelling in the chamber music repertoire". It is certainly a very expressive, unusual piece, quite unlike anything else he wrote; it's also quite long (54 minutes). I had to listen to it many times before I came to grips with it (a bit like late Beethovian sonatas and quartets), and now I quite enjoy it. At $7 for 76 minutes of music (quintet and trio), you should judge it for yourself.
Most recordings include only the quintet, but Naxos gives us the String Trio as well. Written 11 years earlier, it is much "lighter" and reminiscent of his violin sonatas; it is a quite enjoyable composition.
The Ensemble Villa Musica performance and the sound quality are both very good. BTW, the best-known performance of the quintet is probably the hard-to-find Stern et al. 1952 mono recording on Sony.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4 reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
So good!
May 8 2006
Format:Audio CD
Somebody recommended Cleveland quartet and I bought that, thinking that a Naxos-recording cannot be the best. Well, I gave the Cleveland-performance to some friends, keeping this Villa Ensemble Musica for myself. This is one of my best Schubert-CDs!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A death-bed masterpiece
May 16 2004
Format:Audio CD
Schubert wrote the String Quintet shortly before his death (at age 31) in 1828; one can only imagine what treasures might have followed had he lived another 30 or 40 years.
Unlike Mozart's quintets, Schubert utilized two cellos instead of two violas, giving the work a rather different (and in my view, richer) texture. Critics describe this quintet as "one of the most compelling in the chamber music repertoire". It is certainly a very expressive, unusual piece, quite unlike anything else he wrote; it's also quite long (54 minutes). I had to listen to it many times before I came to grips with it (a bit like late Beethovian sonatas and quartets), and now I quite enjoy it. At $7 for 76 minutes of music (quintet and trio), you should judge it for yourself.
Most recordings include only the quintet, but Naxos gives us the String Trio as well. Written 11 years earlier, it is much "lighter" and reminiscent of his violin sonatas; it is a quite enjoyable composition.
The Ensemble Villa Musica performance and the sound quality are both very good. BTW, the best-known performance of the quintet is probably the hard-to-find Stern et al. 1952 mono recording on Sony.
Amazing performance
Mar 3 2012
Format:Audio CD
The string quintet in C Major D 956 is one of the masterpieces Schubert wrote in his last months of his short life. There are fantastic performances of this fantastic music, but no one is musically so perfect . The articulation , the accents , the dynamics are perfectly played by all. The versions with great cellists ( Casals, Rostropovich) are normally incoherent between the second cello and the quartet. Here we have a fantastic unity . My only regret: I would like to know the names of the musicians .
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