Schubert: Aus Der Ferne

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While I’m instinctively sceptical about instrumental transcriptions of vocal works, I was persuaded by how well they work here, and the subtlety and intelligence of the performances…And in this... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

Release Date: 16th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: PTC5186673
Label: Pentatone
Length: 79 minutes

Diapason d’Or

June 2018

Nouveauté
Opus Klassik Awards

2019

Winner - Chamber Music (quartet)

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Schubert: Lied aus der Ferne, D. 107 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)

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Excerpt, Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797

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No. 6, Hirtenmelodien (Arr. X. van Dijk for String Quartet)

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D112

Work length28:58

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Recorded: April 2017
Recording Venue: Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal, Germany

I. Allegro ma non troppo

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II. Andante sostenuto

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III. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio

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IV. Presto

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Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, Op. 59, No. 4, D. 777 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)

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Schubert: Die Gotter Griechenlands D677 (Schiller)

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Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied II 'Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh', D768

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde'

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Signum Quartett
Recorded: April 2017
Recording Venue: Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal, Germany

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length13:51

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

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IV. Allegro moderato

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Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)

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Hailed as one of the most adventurous and outstanding string quartets of today, both in the performance of modern pieces and the iron repertory, Signum Quartett now releases its first PENTATONE recording with an all-Schubert programme.

Aus der Ferne illuminates the Romanticism and lyricism of this great master. By combining string quartets with lieder arranged for string quartet, the members of the Signum Quartett aim to show how Schubert's instrumental and vocal music cross-pollinate each other. The fact that Schubert quotes openly from his own songs in his chamber music underlines the strong connection between the two, and this album takes this connection a step further. The concept for the album grew out of the Schubertiad, where chamber music and vocal works would be heard side by side in an intimate setting. A further idea was to complement one of the late quartets with an earlier one – perhaps lesser-known but not a lesser piece. The B flat major Quartet and the Rosamunde Quartet, both featured on this album, share a delicacy and fragility of spirit; convey a longing from afar. These instrumental works gain significance by being accompanied by the lieder arrangements, created by quartet member Xandi van Dijk. These arrangements present quintessential Schubert lieder such as Du bist die Ruh, Wandrers Nachtlied and Lachen und Weinen in a new, fascinating light.

Reviews

June 2018

While I’m instinctively sceptical about instrumental transcriptions of vocal works, I was persuaded by how well they work here, and the subtlety and intelligence of the performances…And in this context, the two quartets emerge all the more powerfully as the original, idiomatic masterpieces they are…Definitely not Schubert as easy-listening, then, but a fascinating, thought-provoking disc.

Classical Music April 2018

This well-filled disc is based on a fabulous idea: a demonstration via Xandi van Dijk’s arrangements (he’s the quartet’s violist) of the cross-pollination between Schubert’s lieder and his chamber music. The first two song arrangements are deliciously done, but D112’s Andante sostenuto is positively revelatory, as are the Haydnesque leanings of that quartet’s Menuetto and its sweetest of Trios, full of Rückblick. [D804] ...beautifully sweet-toned violin playing in the Andante. The finale exudes an infectious sense of the dance, the players’ rhythmic sense magnificent;

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