Petersen Quartett, Michael Sanderling - Schubert: String Quintet (1997)
Petersen Quartett, Michael Sanderling - Schubert: String Quintet (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:15 | 279 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Capriccio | Catalog: 10 788
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:15 | 279 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Capriccio | Catalog: 10 788
The playing is strongly Romantic in character, emphasizing the violent contrasts and almost painful expressivity of the score; the ensemble can deliver feathery, near-inaudible pianissimos and powerful fortissimos with equal presence. Intonation is more or less flawless, and ensemble work is superb with all five parts often being equally audible with no loss of coordination. On each repeated listen I find new details springing out of the texture. There are occasional miscalculations—the cello pizzicati at the start of the adagio are a bit too prominent, though the reverberant acoustic (recorded in a church) could also be partly to blame—but for the most part everything is well judged. Especially effective is the haunting, delicate trio of the scherzo with its mysterious D-flat major harmonies (the lack of resonance in what has until now been a very resonant recording points up just how *alien* this key is to string instruments).
Not a complaint but an observation—later in 1996 the Petersen Quartett performed this piece in Köln with a different second cellist (Alban Gerhardt), and I find that reading to be significantly more urgent and extraverted. On the other hand, this one is more polished (being a studio recording) and more balanced in capturing the meditative, introspective moments as well as the more dramatic ones. This makes it a "middle of the road" interpretation but one with such vividness that it is hard to think of it as conservative.
If you are new to Schubert's quintet, and like slow adagios, buy this recording. (If you are new to Schubert's quintet but don't like slow adagios, buy the Hagen Quartet with Heinrich Schiff; if you are not sure, try Stern/Schneider/Katims/Casals/Tortelier.) If you are not new to Schubert's quintet, you can probably read between the lines of this review to figure out whether you'll like it. I consider it to be in my personal top five alongside L'Archibudelli, Arcanto Quartett w/Marron, Frank/Galimir/Tenenbom/Lichten/Wiley, and Taneyev w/Rostropovich, if that helps to clarify my position at all.
Petersen Quartett, Michael Sanderling - Schubert: String Quintet (1997)
Track List:
01. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Allegro ma non troppo [0:19:38.30]
02. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Adagio [0:15:49.55]
03. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Scherzo & Trio, Presto… Andante sostenuto [0:10:31.10]
04. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Allegretto [0:09:14.27]
Performers:
Petersen Quartett
Michael Sanderling - cello
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