Franz Schubert: The First String Quartets (Nos. 1​-​12) - Zemlinsky Quartet (2021 Remastered)

FRANZ SCHUBERT

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Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

00:00:00 String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 I. Andante - Presto vivace
00:05:23 String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 II. Menuetto
00:08:29 String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 III. Andante
00:12:43 String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 IV. Presto
00:16:48 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 I. Presto
00:21:44 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 II. Andante
00:26:14 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 III. Menuetto - Allegro. Trio
00:28:58 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 IV. Allegro con spirito
00:37:01 String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 I. Allegro
00:46:56 String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 II. Andante
00:51:25 String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio
00:56:46 String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 IV. Allegretto
01:02:34 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 I. Adagio - Allegro con moto
01:10:45 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 II. Andante con moto
01:15:22 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 III. Menuetto. Allegro
01:19:32 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 IV. Finale. Allegro
01:23:56 String Quartet No. 5 in B Flat Major, D. 68 I. Allegro maestoso
01:30:18 String Quartet No. 5 in B Flat Major, D. 68 II. Allegro
01:37:35 String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 I. Allegro ma non troppo
01:44:54 String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 II. Andante con moto
01:49:07 String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio
01:53:03 String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 IV. Allegro
01:57:54 String Quartet in C Minor, D. 103 "Quartettsatz" Grave - Allegro
02:03:26 String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 I. Allegro
02:09:49 String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 II. Andante con moto
02:14:50 String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio
02:17:06 String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 IV. Presto
02:19:37 String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 I. Allegro ma non troppo
02:27:47 String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 II. Andante sostenuto
02:35:36 String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio
02:40:31 String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 IV. Presto
02:45:44 String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 I. Allegro con brio
02:51:45 String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 II. Andantino
02:58:44 String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio
03:02:13 String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 IV. Allegro
03:07:34 String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 I. Allegro moderato
03:16:53 String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 II. Adagio
03:23:25 String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 III. Scherzo. Prestissimo - Trio
03:25:45 String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 IV. Allegro
03:33:40 String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 I. Allegro con fuoco
03:40:23 String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 II. Andante
03:46:40 String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio
03:49:40 String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace
03:54:41 String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz" Allegro assai
04:04:13 String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz" Andante sostenuto (41 first bars)

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Zemlinsky Quartet (Ensemble)

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In Metternich’s Vienna, chamber music was the favourite distraction of a number of aristocrats and the leisure class as well as student Bohemia. By 1815, a teenaged Franz Schubert had already written (at least) ten scores for quartet, for the family circle, ‘Hausmusik’, without seeking to conceal his models borrowed from Haydn and, especially, Mozart. Natural melodic invention, amazingly elaborate harmonic skill and the spirit of the Lied did not fully assert themselves until the Quartettsatz of 1820, an Allegro assai, suddenly filled with anxiety, followed by 41 bars of an Andante suspended forever, ordinarily passed over in silence. Here, the Zemlinsky Quartet repeats the fantastic success that marked their previous performances of Dvořák’s early quartets.

Awards: 4* by Le Monde de la Musique, 5 by Diapason, Klassik.com, Parutions.com

Released January 1, 2008