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Franz Schubert: The First String Quartets (Nos. 1​-​12)

by Zemlinsky Quartet

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String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 I. Andante - Presto vivace 05:21
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String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 II. Menuetto 03:06
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String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 III. Andante 04:13
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String Quartet No. 1, D. 18 IV. Presto 04:05
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 I. Presto 04:55
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 II. Andante 04:30
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 III. Menuetto - Allegro. Trio 02:44
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32 IV. Allegro con spirito 08:02
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String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 I. Allegro 09:54
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String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 II. Andante 04:29
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String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio 05:20
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String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major, D. 36 IV. Allegretto 05:47
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String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 I. Adagio - Allegro con moto 08:11
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String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 II. Andante con moto 04:37
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String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 III. Menuetto. Allegro 04:10
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String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46 IV. Finale. Allegro 04:23
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String Quartet No. 5 in B Flat Major, D. 68 I. Allegro maestoso 06:22
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String Quartet No. 5 in B Flat Major, D. 68 II. Allegro 04:30
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String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:18
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String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 II. Andante con moto 04:13
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String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio 03:56
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String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74 IV. Allegro 04:50
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String Quartet in C Minor, D. 103 "Quartettsatz" Grave - Allegro 05:32
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String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 I. Allegro 06:22
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String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 II. Andante con moto 05:01
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String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio 02:15
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String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94 IV. Presto 02:31
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String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 I. Allegro ma non troppo 08:10
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String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 II. Andante sostenuto 04:30
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String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio 04:55
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String Quartet No. 8 in B Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168 IV. Presto 05:12
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String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 I. Allegro con brio 06:00
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String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 II. Andantino 06:59
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String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio 03:29
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String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 IV. Allegro 05:20
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String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 I. Allegro moderato 09:19
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String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 II. Adagio 06:32
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String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 III. Scherzo. Prestissimo - Trio 02:19
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String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1 IV. Allegro 07:55
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String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 I. Allegro con fuoco 06:43
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String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 II. Andante 06:16
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String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio 0:03:00 03:00
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String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2 IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace 05:00
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String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz" Allegro assai 09:31
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String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz" Andante sostenuto (41 first bars) 02:31

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In Metternich’s Vienna, chamber music was the favourite distraction of a number of aristocrats and the leisure class as well as student Bohemia. By 1815, a teenaged Franz Schubert had already written (at least) ten scores for quartet, for the family circle, ‘Hausmusik’, without seeking to conceal his models borrowed from Haydn and, especially, Mozart. Natural melodic invention, amazingly elaborate harmonic skill and the spirit of the Lied did not fully assert themselves until the Quartettsatz of 1820, an Allegro assai, suddenly filled with anxiety, followed by 41 bars of an Andante suspended forever, ordinarily passed over in silence. Here, the Zemlinsky Quartet repeats the fantastic success that marked their previous performances of Dvořák’s early quartets.

Awards: 4* by Le Monde de la Musique, 5 by Diapason, Klassik.com, Parutions.com

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released January 1, 2008

Zemlinsky Quartet (Ensemble)

Recorded in Prague, Martinek Studio, between May and November 2007

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