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Schubert: String Quintet, String Quartets in G & D minor; Death And the Maiden
Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben
Schubert: String Quintet, String Quartets in G & D minor; Death And the Maiden
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (5) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (7) - Disc #2

The Belcea Quartet has added three late masterpieces by Franz Schubert to their impressive discography on EMI Classics; the Quartet in D Minor 'Death and the Maiden', the Quartet in G Major D887 and the sublime Straing Qui...  more »

     
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All Artists: Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben
Title: Schubert: String Quintet, String Quartets in G & D minor; Death And the Maiden
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Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 1/12/2010
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5099996702529

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The Belcea Quartet has added three late masterpieces by Franz Schubert to their impressive discography on EMI Classics; the Quartet in D Minor 'Death and the Maiden', the Quartet in G Major D887 and the sublime Straing Quintet in C Major with Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet as the second cellist. The quartet has garnered various praises for their take on Schubert. The New York Times recently stated, "In the Belcea's account [of 'Death and the Maiden'] the worked seemed so formidable and emotionally complex that there was nothing more to say." With Valentin Erben, the Belcea Quartet's brilliant Schubert release cannot be ignored.

The Belcea Quartet has gained an enviable reputation as one of the leading quartets of the new generation, winning the Gramophone Award for Best Debut Recording in 2001. As exclusive EMI recording artists, their discography includes Schubert quartets, Brahms' String Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 and second String Quintet with Thomas Kakuska, and, most recently the complete Bartok quartets, for which the Quartet was awarded the title Chamber Music Ensemble of the Year by Germany's prestigious Echo Klassik Awards and nominated for a 2008 Gramophone Award.
"...Though barely older than Schubert at the time of his death, the Belcea players gave us playing and interpretation of the highest imaginable standard throughout this demanding program...String quartet playing at this phenomenally high level is a rare experience and one to treasure..." --Crosscut Seattle

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Superb
William S. Young | Towson, MD USA | 01/17/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have many versions of the Death & the Maiden quartet & this is the only one I would set along side of the 1937 Busch Quartet recording. If the Busch Quartet could be brought back at the height of their powers and taken to a modern studio...this would be the result. I can't imagine anything ever surpassing what the Belcea Quartet has done here. Absolutely superb."