Franz Schubert: String Quartets D 804 "Rosamunde", D 810 "Death and the Maiden", D 887, D 703 and...

Franz Schubert: String Quartets D 804 "Rosamunde", D 810 "Death and the Maiden", D 887, D 703 and String ... | Franz Schubert, Emerson String Quartet, ... | Yes, This is Fabulous

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	Franz Schubert: String Quartets D 804 "Rosamunde", D 810 "Death and the Maiden", D 887, D 703 and String ... Franz Schubert, Emerson String Quartet, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Outstanding

The sheer beauty of these quartets (& quintet) leaves me feeling as if no words can come close to fairly describing them. This CD was the first occasion I had to hear the Emersons - I can honestly say that I have never heard any ensemble play with more cohesion. They embody a musical Gaia principle - one living organism through which Schubert speaks. I know I'm a little overboard with the analogy, but that's how much I love these recordings. Highly recommended.

Yes, This is Fabulous

I don't know about any "gaia principles" (per the review below), but yes...this is fabulous. You get the 3 late quartets, the unfinished movement for quartet ('quartettsatz') and the quintet. In particular, I love the Emerson's performance of the G-major (D 887) quartet. The Allegro Molto Moderato is both nerve-wrackingly agitated and swimmingly melifluous. What a beauty! I must say I prefer the Quatuor Mosaiques performace of the 'Rosamude' quartet, but the Emerson's still do a noble enough job (I just miss Christophe Coin's surging cello).

This is a fabulous package, and a bargain at $30 for 3 discs. Buy this, and then also get the Quatuor Mosaiques disc with the D 804 quartet.

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