Death and the Maiden by Franz Schubert is a beautiful piece of music that has captured the hearts of listeners for many years. The Goldmund Quartet is a well-known classical music ensemble, and their performance is characterized by their dynamic interplay and subtle nuances. They bring out the beauty of the piece with their masterful use of phrasing and tonal quality. The quartet's interpretation is both nuanced and emotional, capturing the essence of Schubert's original composition.
Im Februar und Mдrz 1824 war Schubert in einer Art Schaffensrausch «unmenschlich fleissig» (Schwind). Neben dem am 1. Mдrz beendeten Oktett kьndigt er drei Streichquartette an. Nur das a-moll-Quartett erlebt am 24. Mдrz seine Urauffьhrung und erscheint im Druck. Doch auch das d-moll-Werk muss damals entstanden sein, wird aber erst 1826 geprobt (Schubert nimmt dabei noch Korrekturen vor) und am 1. Februar erstmals aufgefьhrt. Hat Schubert das dьstere Werk – alle vier Sдtze stehen in Moll – wegen seiner Kьhnheit zurьckbehalten? Denn was er im Harmonischen und mehr noch im Ausdruck erreicht, ist selbst im Vergleich mit Beethovens Spдtwerk neuartig.
These are studio recordings, dating from 1985 and completing a series begun in the late 70s with the C-major quintet and pursued in the early 80s with the 15th quartet and the "Trout" quintet. The "Death and the Maiden" here is not to be confused with the later, live recording made by the ABQ and released in 1998 - which I haven't heard, but which received warm reviews.
A stunning version of Schubert's famous 'Death and the Maiden' String Quartet performed on period instruments by one of the leading string quartets of our time, the Quatuor Mosaïques. The 'String Quartet No.14 in D Minor', otherwise known as The Death and the Maiden, is considered one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. It's a work that shows Schubert struggling in a world in which he has a lost his bearings, but also yearning for heaven. It is his testament to death. This release also features one of Schubert's earlier quartets, the deeply foreboding D173 in G minor.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) der als Wunderkind von sieben Jahren Meisterschüler Mozarts, 1804 noch unter Haydn Konzertmeister im Schloß Eszterhazy wurde und sein Leben als Kapellmeister in Weimar beendete, ist heute vor allem durch sein berühmtes Trompetenkonzert bekannt. Sein umfangreiches Schaffen ist leider fast völlig vergessen, auch wenn insbesondere seine damals regelrecht avantgardistischen Klavierkonzerte und Teile seiner Kammermusik seit einiger Zeit wieder vermehrt auf das Interesse von Musikern stoßen. Die Opern und Chorwerke harren noch ihrer Wiederbelebung.
Some composers have a strong influence on later generations. Sometimes this influence persists a long time after their death. Beethoven is just one example. It took a while before Brahms dared to write a symphony; he wasn't sure he could live up to the standard Beethoven had set. Another is George Frideric Handel. He was a man of the theatre and preferred to compose operas but it was mainly because of his oratorios that he was admired - and feared. Mozart was so impressed by Handel's oratorios that he arranged several of them and Haydn's oratorio 'Die Schöpfung' is unthinkable without the model of Handel's Messiah. The oratorio 'Die Könige in Israel' by Ferdinand Ries shows how long Handel's influence lasted. It shows the traces of Handel's style and yet for all this Ries feared the standard Handel had set. This explains the story behind the oratorio.
Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen ("Fear of Hell and Peace of the Soul") is a collection of sixteen settings of Psalm 116 in German, "Das ist mir lieb" (Psalms 116), commissioned by the Jena merchant Burckhard Grossmann in 1616 and eventually published in 1623. The composers are Heinrich Schütz, then in alphabetical order Michael Altenburg, Christoph Demantius, Nicolaus Erich, Andreas Finold, Melchior Franck, Abraham Gensreff, Johannes Groh, Johann Krause, Christian Michael, Daniel Michael, Rogier Michael, Tobias Michael, Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein and Caspar Trost.