|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Epicurus.com - Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956
|
List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $16.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
|
Average Customer Rating: 
|
|
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028943179225
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 1992-08-11
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
When not composing songs, Franz Schubert was most at home with chamber music, not because he was a miniaturist, but because his most profound thoughts were most readily contained by smaller, more concentrated ensembles. His Quintet in C--by far the great work ever written for a string quartet with an extra cello--shows him at his summit with an ethereal second movement that often communicates the sense of spiritual suspended animation that the minimalists strive for but don't often achieve. The Emerson Quartet might seem a bit edgy for this assignment, but instead, the quartet delivers one of the best recordings of its career. Instead of just being swept away by its rapturous lyricism, the quartet probes the emotional depths and meaning of the music's gestures in concentrated, deeply felt performances. The piece is clearly a particular favorite of guest cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (he has recorded it several times before), but like most good chamber players, his presence isn't heard so much as it's felt. Perhaps he is responsible for the particular warmth of this performance. --David Patrick Stearns
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Something to consider
Comment: I won't disagree with the chorus of praise here, but I will point out that this recording is available with 4 of Schubert's string quartets: Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String Quintet.
That set also has this recording of Schubert's quintet, which the Emerson Quartet recorded with Rostropovich on the 125th annivesary of BASF AG.
But for a few dollars more, you also get Schubert's "Rosamond" quartet in A minor (D 804), the "Death and the Maiden" quartet in D minor (D 810), the quartet in D (D 887), and the 2-movement "Quartettsatz" quartet in C minor (D 703) (the 2nd movement of this is only a fragment that he left unfinished).
Just to let you know - if you're considering the Emerson/Rostropovich recording of Schubert's quintet, you may find the best deal is Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String Quintet. I own this one and I am very happen to listen to it over and over.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Height of the Romance
Comment: It's all in the liner notes: "During the five years preceding his early death, Schubert wrote seven masterpieces of chamber music: three string quartets, two piano trios, the Octet and the C major String Quintet [this piece]. Of these, the last, and arguably the finest, is the Quintet." I first became introduced to this work in the LP recording with Jacqueline duPre & Mstislav Rostropovich (cover graphic, a large wooden C). Out of reverence for that recording now lost to me, I refrained from buying anything more contemporary, hoping for its re-release; but it is unlikely ever to be. I had eyed buying one of the Emerson Quartet's versions, but it wasn't until I heard it on XM Channel 112 that I was transfixed. The XM people so kindly responded by identifying this recording. I have bought two copies; I am giving one to an outstanding High School student, the top Latin language graduate of this year 2008.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Cold Performance
Comment: While the Emerson certainly dots its I's and crosses it T's, musically speaking, and has to be commended for accomplishing every nuance appearing on the page, it's what's NOT on the page that's missing. The performance here leaves me cold. They don't seem to bring a depth of personal feeling to the music.
Annoyingly, the hyper engineering of the recording volume renders the pianos inaudible and the fortes overpowering, leaving one to constantly turn up the volume and then have to run to turn it down. This is a string quintet, for pete's sake, not a hundred piece orchestra!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Music from the movie "Conspiracy"
Comment: I originally purchased this Schubert CD because Kenneth Branagh's character in the movie "Conspiracy" mentions it: "The adagio will break your heart." I viewed that movie, an HBO original production from a few years back, recently and was curious about the piece. It is beautiful and the adagio is haunting. According to the liner notes, Schubert wrote the string quintet shortly before he died and it has always been the most performed piece he ever wrote. And, of course, you can't go wrong with the Emerson group.Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956
Customer Rating:
Summary: Schubert at its best
Comment: I consider this work to be found in the front rank of Schuberts work.
The melodic partwriting brings an atmosphere of tender intimacy which the musicians fully bring over. Their playing together lets me forget that they are 5 individuals but rather they give the impression as if this would be one single instrument played by one musician. You are almost ignoring the role Rostropovich plays here - he is fully integrated and does not impose himself, perhaps he motivates the four others to supreme performance but you do not notice this. Just beautiful music.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
