Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956

This page lists all recordings of String Quintet in C major, D956, by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Schubert - Quintets

Schubert:

Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'

May 8, 1950, Coolidge Auditorium,The Library of Congress,Washington

String Quintet in C major, D956

16/9/1941, Liederkranz Hall, New York

Budapest String Quartet

When the Budapest Quartet came to record The 'Trout' Quintet at the beginning of the 1950s, the ensemble had reached a rare level of excellence. It was by no means Hungarian: based in an American town, it was made up of four Russian musicians influenced by an essentially Germanic style of performing and who were self-confessed admirers of a famous French quartet! The following recording documents the combination of core repertoire with an ensemble that was at the zenith of quartet artistry, played on the exceptional Stradivarius instruments to which the 'quartet in residence' of theWashington Congress Library had access to from the end of the 1920s, courtesy ofthe Gertrude ClarkeWhittall foundation. The rhythmic stringency, phrasing and faultless musicianship of the Budapest Quartet are evident and demonstrate an important tradition, upheld from its creation in 1917 until its break-up in 1967.A redefinition of what chamber music is all about.

United Archives - UAR026

(CD)

£5.99 (£5.10 ex. VAT)

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Schubert - String Quintet & 'Quartettsatz'

Schubert:

String Quintet in C major, D956

String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D703 ‘Quartettsatz'

Truls Mørk (cello)

Artemis Quartet

“Like the augmented Alban Berg Quartet in their EMI recording of Schubert's Quintet, the Artemis and Truls Mørk keep romantic expressiveness, dramatic urgency and a classical sense of architecture in fine equilibrium.” The Telegraph, 12th April 2008

“The Artemis Quartet combines fullness, quality and great transparency of sound and well-moulded suppleness of line with an overwhelming musical eloquence ... With Truls Mørk as second cellist the ensemble achieved an unprecedented inner breadth and a dark-hued and subtly shaded fullness of sound.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“[Artemis Quartet and Morks'] playing is energetically graceful and blessed with a spectacular dynamic range (very helpful in the long paragraphs of the C major Quintet, D 956). Nothing is more feverish than the opening Quartettsatz; and nothing sounds more beautiful than the Quintet’s adagio. A starry extra cellist, Mork plays very much as one of the team.” The Times, 11th April 2008 ****

EMI - 5021132

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