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 ...

Best known for their superb interpretation of the six Bartok string quartets, the Takcs quartet has delivered a strong performance in their recently released CD of Schubert”s String Quartet in G major ...

Jane Jones choses a featured work that unites two of Schubert's extraordinary talents. Schubert's String Quartet No.14 in D minor brings together two of the composer's extraordinary talents. Schubert ...

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 ...

The Quartettsatz is a work that lends itself particularly well to the period approach, and the Terpsycordes are duly impressive, stripping away any excess vibrato. Particularly impressive is 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 ...

Following on from the Fitzwilliam’s recording of Schubert’s Rosamunde and Death and the Maiden Quartets on Divine Art comes this new release of the Quartettsatz and the G major Quartet. Enterprisingly ...

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 ...

Jane Jones choses a featured work that unites two of Schubert's extraordinary talents. Schubert's String Quartet No.14 in D minor brings together two of the composer's extraordinary talents. Schubert ...

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 ...