Schubert: Der Tod und das Madchen; Rosamunde / Quatuor Terpsycordes

Franz Schubert
Der Tod und das Mädchen - Rosamunde

Quatuor Terpsycordes

For this recording, the Quatuor Terpsycordes performs on four instruments made by the Vuillaume studio of luthiers that have kindly been made available for the quartet’s use by the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva. They use two violins by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, the first being a mid-19th century copy of a Guarnerius del Gesù and the second being a copy of the Stradivarius Messiah made in Paris in 1864. The viola is also attributed to Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume and is a copy of a del Gesù. The cello, an exact copy of the Servais Stradivarius, is the work of Nicolas-François Vuillaume, the brother of Jean-Baptiste and was made in Brussels in 1861. The instruments have been prepared for historical performance with gut strings and have been tuned for this recording to A=430 Hz. Bow maker Bruno Sporcq has constructed four ‘classical’ bows for the quartet, taking his inspiration from bows made in England by Dodd at the end of the 18th century.

Tracklisting:

Quartett a-moll D. 804 ‘Rosamunde’
1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Andante
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4 . Allegro moderato
Quartett d-moll D. 810 ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’
5. Allegro
6. Andante con moto
7. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
8. Presto


2008 RIC 272

EAC/APE/CUE/LOG/SCANS
344 Mb, RAR store only