Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 263 Mb | Scans included | Time: 00:57:55
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 6357
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 263 Mb | Scans included | Time: 00:57:55
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 6357
It would be difficult to imagine a finer account of this extraordinary work than that of the Melos Quartet and their distinguished guest. The flow of the music is magnificently sustained, its colour and inner life marvellously felt. There is a spontaneity to the playing that perfectly complements the profound whimsicality of Schubert's journeys to remote tonal regions, along with a sensitivity ideally suited to the meditative quality of the composer's lyricism. The recording is warm and spacious, richly nuanced, and admirably balanced.
Previously reissued in DG's mid-price Galleria series, this stunning late-1970s Schubert C major quintet remains a point of reference even in the face of many excellent editions that have graced the catalog over the past 30 years. The Melos Quartet was at its technical and expressive peak, obviously inspired by Mstislav Rostropovich's commanding yet truly collegial presence in the second cello chair. Vocal sensibility and contrapuntal awareness inform every phrase, to the point where even the Scherzo's slashing accents and the Finale's rustic drive suggest healthy, well-trained lungs and larynxes rather than bow arms. Similarly, the conversational qualities that the musicians bring to the first movement circumvent the music's longeurs (they observe the long exposition repeat). The broadly paced Adagio movement features accompanying sustained strings that provide a gentle, haunting backdrop to the cello's pizzicatos, while the players' tempered approach to the central minor-key section contrasts to the pent-up fury you hear in the Auryn/Poltéra recording on Tacet and in Rostropovich's remake with the Emerson Quartet. DG's closely detailed yet warm analogue engineering sounds better than ever. A classic.Review by Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
Melos Quartett:
Wilhelm Melcher, violin
Gerhard Voss, violin
Herrmann Voss, viola
Peter Busk, cello
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello II
Tracklist:
Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo (20:36)
02. II. Adagio (16:06)
03. III. Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Andante sostenuto (11:17)
04. IV. Allegretto (09:55)
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Schubert, Franz / String Quintet in C major, D 956 - Melos Quartett & Mstislav Rostropovich
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Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Mstislav Rostropovich - Franz Schubert: String Quintet (1978) Reissue 2007
