Schubert: Death And The Maiden

 
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death And The Maiden
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 15 April 2018

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"With the wonderful Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra we are presently exploring Schubert's quatuor 'Death and the Maiden'. Of course we have to include Schubert's earlier song with the same title on the poem of Matthias Claudius. This song belongs to the medieval tradition of the dance of death. Therefore we also play "Toden Tanz" (with poor me dancing), an ancient death dance written up by the German organ player August Nörmiger (1560-1613). Schubert's song and the slow movement of his quatuor use the solemn rhythm of a Pavan, so we also play one of Dowland's Pavans from „Seven Teares". Add to this "Moro lasso" a madrigal about death by the famous Renaissance composer (and murderer!) Gesualdo. In between we also refresh our ears with other unsettling works by modern composers like György Kurtag and Heinz Holliger." - Patricia Kopatchinskaja

"This must have been an enthralling concert. It's almost impossible to imagine Schubert's Death and the Maiden in a string orchestral arrangement better played, with Kopatchinskaja a dynamic leader of a group of vertiginous brilliance" BBC Music

" The Schubert gets an energetic, edgy performance from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, sometimes nervy, occasionally playful...The whole makes for thought-provoking, refreshing listening - and what impresses most, as ever, is the sheer aliveness of Kopatchinskaja's music-making." The Guardian

Grammy Awards
60th Awards (2017) - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Tracks:

1 Toden Tanz, From 'Tabulaturbuch Auff Dem
Instrumente' Augustus Nörmiger 02:32
2 Byzantine Chant On Psalm 140 For Solo Violin
And Strings Anonymous 02:09
3 Quartet In D Minor, D.810, 'Death And The Maiden'
I. Allegro Franz Schubert 16:22
4 Pavan (Lachrimae Antiquae Novae) From Seaven
Teares For String Quintet John Dowland 02:57
5 Quartet In D Minor, D.810, 'Death And The Maiden'
II. Andante Con Moto Franz Schubert 13:48
6 Madrigal: 'Moro, Lasso, Al Mio Duolo' For
String Quintet Carlo Gesualdo 03:19
7 Quartet In D Minor, D.810, 'Death And The Maiden'
III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto Franz Schubert 03:37
8 Ligatura-Message To Frances-Maria (The
Answered Unanswered Question), Opus 31B
György Kurtág 05:01
9 Ruhelos' ('Restless') From Kafka Fragments For
Violin, Op. 24 György Kurtág 00:26
10 Quartet In D Minor, D.810, 'Death And The Maiden'
IV. Presto Franz Schubert 08:49