Artist: Aviv Quartet
Album: Schubert: The Last Quartets
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:36:07
Total Tracks: 8
Total Size: 1,45 GB

Tracklist:

1. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887: I. Allegro molto moderato (23:52)
2. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887: II. Andante un poco moto (12:02)
3. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Allegretto (07:20)
4. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887: IV. Allegro assai (11:29)
5. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: I. Allegro (12:26)
6. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: II. Andante con moto (15:08)
7. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto – Trio (04:09)
8. Aviv Quartet – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: IV. Presto (09:38)

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Schubert’s last two quartets, composed during the final years of his life, reveal the impressive mastery he achieved, despite the knowledge that he was dying. The four movements of the “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, all in minor keys, and the tumultuous, quasi-orchestral fifteenth Quartet, an important stage on “the way to the grand symphony”, bear witness to the composer’s struggle against illness and death. The Quatuor Aviv brilliantly illuminates the elegiac and tragic melodies in which Schubert wrapped his torments.