THE Czech group, the Wihan Quartet, having moved from their complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle on to the string quartets of Dvorak, now turn their attention to Schubert with a fascinating disc of ...

Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...

New releases from the Emersons, the Arod Quartet and Quartetto di Cremona; and at home with Spitalfields Music Robert Schumann, who suffered mood swings and periods of severe mental instability, wrote ...

String Quartet No. 12, 'Quartettsatz' Franz Schubert, Composer Wihan Quartet Some of the emotional impact of the music, too, seems to be a little unsubtly presented: the little hesitations and mental ...

String Quartet No. 14, 'Death and the Maiden' Franz Schubert, Composer Cremona Quartet String Quintet Eckart Runge, Cello Franz Schubert, Composer Cremona Quartet It’s the same coupling with which the ...

Senior Lecturer in Music Analysis, Dr. Anne Hyland, announces the publication of her monograph: Schubert’s String Quartets: the Teleology of Lyric Form which appeared with Cambridge University Press ...

Schubert’s compositions became more expansive towards the end of his short life, and it was Schumann who famously praised the “heavenly length” of the composer’s final symphony. His final string ...

The Wihan Quartet open Schubert's last string quartet with a strong emphasis on its monumentality. They are sure and steady, and sometimes broaden their slowish tempo even further. The 22-minute- long ...

The Takács Quartet traveled to the Savannah Music Festival to play Bela Bartók's knotty, challenging String Quartet No. 4. But how did they warm up the crowd? With a slice of insistent, lyrical ...

Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...