Schubert: Quintet and Lieder Quatuor Ébène

• 1Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo20:01
• 2Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio15:13
• 3Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: III. Scherzo & Trio09:52
• 4Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: IV. Allegretto09:50
• 5Schubert / Arr Merlin: Die Götter Griechenlands, D. 67704:20
• 6Schubert / Arr Merlin: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 53102:05
• 7Schubert / Arr Merlin: Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 54503:37
• 8Schubert / Arr Merlin: Atys, D. 58504:19
• 9Schubert / Arr Merlin: Der liebliche Stern, D. 86102:48
• Total Runtime01:12:05

Info for Schubert: Quintet and Lieder

In a characteristically imaginative move, the Quatuor Ebène complements Schubert’s sublime Quintet for two violins, viola and two cellos (Gautier Capuçon joins the ensemble) with a group of his songs – sensitively arranged by the quartet’s cellist, Raphaël Merlin, and sung by German baritone Matthias Goerne, one of the world’s great interpreters of lieder.

In 2014 Erato released Schubert’s glorious ‘Trout’ Quintet, recorded live at Paris’s Salle Pleyel by members of Quatuor Ebène with nonagerian pianist Menahem Pressler. The French quartet – with a new viola-player, 24-year-old Adrien Boisseau and a distinguished guest cellist, Gautier Capuçon – now turns to another Schubert quintet, his final chamber work and one of his sublime masterpieces: the Quintet for two violins, viola and two cellos in C major D956, often known simply as the Schubert Quintet. Its slow movement in particular, in which time seems to stands still, is a favourite with music-lovers.

Pierre Colombet, violin
Gabriel Le Magadure, violin
Adrien Boisseau, viola
Raphaël Merlin, violoncello

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