Schubert: Octet D.803 / Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios D. 89
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D.803 / Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios D. 89
Isabelle Faust (Violin) with Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 18 May 2018
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In response to a commission from Count Troyer, who wanted a work closely modelled on Beethoven's famous Septet op.20, Schubert - despite his fervent admiration for the older composer - resolutely struck out on his own by delivering an . . . Octet. While the enlarged forces opened his path towards symphonic writing, examination of the form and expression reveals a much more accomplished and personal composition than has generally been recognised by commentators. Isabelle Faust and her partners, enthralled by what is an exceptional work in every respect, offer us a new interpretation of it on period instruments.
Isabelle Faust, Stradivarius violin "Sleeping Beauty", 1704
Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin anon., Holland, c. 1700
Danusha Waskiewicz, viola anon., Bohemia, c. 1860
Kristin von der Goltz, cello anon., Vienna, c. 1800
James Munro, double bass G. Panormo, London, 1827
"Lorenzo Coppola, clarinets
11-key B flat clarinet after A. Rorarius (Vienna, c. 1820); copy by Agnès Guéroult (Paris, 2010)
6-key C clarinet after J. B. Merklein (Vienna, c. 1810); copy by Agnès Guéroult (Paris, 2010)"
Teunis van der Zwart, horn Courtois neveu aîné, Paris, 1802
Javier Zafra, bassoon W. Triebert, Paris, 1805
"Isabelle Faust is an outstanding musician with true versatility. We're fortunate that she is well recorded now with a range of ensemble and repertoire. Here she joins seven other musicians on period instruments - the result being warm earthy tones often missing from modern interpretation. There is also a sense of unity with the performance, all well recorded. " Nicholas Butler/Marbecks
"Faust is very much the guiding light in this period-instrument Octet. Yet her creative inventiveness is matched by her considerateness as a chamber colleague. In a performance notable for its intimacy, Faust never seeks to hog the limelight…While alive to the Octet's Viennese hedonism, Faust and her colleagues are unusually responsive to its mysterious shadows." Gramophone
"There is much to admire here: some exquisitely wistful clarinet phrasing from Coppola, and a frightening fierceness in the sudden outburst that heralds the finale, where Schubert seems momentarily to foresee his tragic future." BBC Music
"Faust (playing her "Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius of 1704) rightly gets top billing as first violinist, but her string, woodwind (Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet; Javier Zafra, bassoon) and horn (Teunis van der Zwart) colleagues are top chamber musicians who think this score afresh, revelling in its soloist opportunities" Sunday TImes
Tracks:
Octet op. 166, D. 803
for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
F major / Fa majeur / F-Dur
1 I. Adagio. Allegro
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Allegro vivace - Trio.
4 IV. Andante - Var. I-VII
5 V. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
6 VI. Andante molto - Allegro - Andante molto - Allegro molto
Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios D. 89
for string quartet transcribed for octet by Oscar Strasnoy
7 No. 3
8 No. 5
