Schubert: Quintet

Schubert: Quintet in C
Alban Berg Quartet / Heinrich Schiff
EMI Classics 47018

Contents:

    Quintet in C, D.956
  1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Scherzo (Presto) & Trio (Andante sostenuo)
  4. Allegretto

Performers: Günter Pichler (violin), Gerhard Schulz (violin), Thomas Kakuska (viola), Valentin Erben (cello), Heinrich Schiff (cello)

Playing time: 48'

Recording date: 1983

I can't say as this recording is particularly better than some of the others, although I have enjoyed it. I have yet to hear a truly "ideal" performance of this piece. Perhaps such a thing is impossible. Many people will say to get the Lindsay Quartet rendition, but they are just so dull....

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T. M. McComb