Schubert: Octet in F D803

"The Helios reissue of the Gaudier Ensemble Schubert Octet deserves to be heard and re-heard, a real tour de force performance of a work of unconquerable spirit."
(AudAud.com December 2013)

EDITOR'S CHOICE (GRAMOPHONE)
RECOMMANDE PAR CLASSICA

"A work that seemed to receive a new recording virtually every month in the 1980s and early '90s, but which has been somewhat neglected recently, here gets a glorious new interpretation by the Gaudier Ensemble. Written in Schubert's early twenties - for string quartet plus double bass, clarinet, horn and bassoon - the work received its first performance at a private concert, was first heard publicly in 1827 and not published until 1953. It's a glorious work, and this is a superb performance."
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (May 2003)

'Consistently compelling' (BBC Music Magazine)

'This is an unusually thoughtful performance, tinged with a melancholy that certainly lies in the music but also filled with delight' (International Record Review)

'This is music that pulls us in myriad of emotional directions and includes some mightily challenging writing. All of this is welcome meat and drink to the excellent Gaudier Ensemble, who play the work with an obviously deep affection' (The Evening Standard)

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