Der Tod und das Madchen
CD
RRP £19.55 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Composer
- Schubert
- Performers
- Jerusalem Quartet
- Label
- Harmonia Mundi
- Barcode
- 0794881868827
Product description HMF 901990; HARMONIA MUNDI - Francia; Classica da camera Quartetto archi Review After two searing recordings of Shostakovich, and a balmy, tender disc of Dvorak, the Jerusalem Quartet have turned to one of the most famous and widely recorded quartets in the repertoire and one of the shortest. A fragment of what might have been, Schubert's Quartettsatz in C minor was left incomplete at the composer's death. In this and the harrowing "Der Tod und das Mädchen", the Jerusalem Quartet's eloquence rivals that of a great lieder artist. The colours are dark but vivid, the narrative beautifully controlled, the blend impeccable, the Andante sublime, the Allegro and Presto positively terrifying. --Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday Passion and a feverish energy characterise this young Israeli quartet. First up is Schubert s magnificent Quartettsatz, and the temperature continues for Death and the Maiden. Yet they re never undisciplined the cellist even keeps his head playing Jacqueline du Pré s cello (loaned by Daniel Barenboim). Other groups get closer to Schubert s tender side, but for racing blood, go to Jerusalem. --Geoff Brown, The Times, May 9, 2008
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