Description
Franz Schubert’s genius for melody and emotional depth is on full display across both works on this CD. The Symphony No. 5 in B flat major is among his most charming and classically poised orchestral pieces, owing a clear debt to Mozart while radiating Schubert’s own lyrical warmth. Alongside it, the String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D 804 — nicknamed ‘Rosamunde’ for its use of a theme from his incidental music — is one of the composer’s most personal and searching chamber works, its slow movement carrying an aching, song-like beauty that only Schubert could conjure. Together, these pieces offer a compelling portrait of a composer moving between graceful classicism and profound Romantic expression…
- Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major
- String quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D 804 (Rosamunde”)
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Austria, Conductor: Carl Melles
Caspar da Salo Quartet
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