Description
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D 956 – Melos Quartett & Mstislav Rostropovich (Audio CD)
UPC: 028945366821
Overview
Franz Schubert’s final chamber masterpiece, the String Quintet in C major, D 956, unfolds in four movements of transcendent lyricism and dramatic depth. Recorded in 1978 by Polydor and reissued in 1997 on Deutsche Grammophon’s Schuberts Meisterwerke series, this landmark performance features the Melos Quartett joined by the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Clocking in at just under 58 minutes, the ensemble’s crystalline tone and emotional unity bring out every nuance of Schubert’s sublime score.
Product Features
- Format: Compact Disc (CD), Reissue
- Audio: Stereo
- Catalog Number: 453 668‑2
- Series: Schuberts Meisterwerke
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
- Release Year: 1997
- Country: Europe (Made in Germany)
- Total Playing Time: 57:56
- Cover Painting: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, “Schwebende Nymphe” (Landesmuseum Oldenburg)
Track Listing
String Quintet in C major, D 956 (Op. posth. 163) – 57:56
- Allegro ma non troppo – 20:32
- Adagio – 16:01
- Scherzo: Presto / Trio: Andante sostenuto – 11:16
- Allegretto – 9:55
Publishers and Artists
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (Hamburg)
- Recorded: 1978 by Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg
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Quartet: Melos Quartett
- 1st Violin: Wilhelm Melcher
- 2nd Violin: Gerhard Voss
- Viola: Hermann Voss
- Cello: Peter Buck
- Additional Cello: Mstislav Rostropovich
- Cover Painting: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
- Printing: Imprimé en RFA par Neef, Wittingen; Made in Germany
- Series: Schuberts Meisterwerke
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