Artist: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Album: #2 Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 “Der Tod und das Mädchen”
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 42:09
Total Tracks: 4
Total Size: 718 MB

Tracklist:

01. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”: I. Allegro (16:19)
02. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”: II. Andante Con Moto (12:35)
03. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”: III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto – Trio (04:04)
04. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”: IV. Presto – Prestissimo (09:09)

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Closer investigation of the roots and history of the Quartet, which was composed in 1824, reveals traces of all three of the so-called fine arts. The title “Death and the Maiden” reaches far back into the history of art. In the early 16th century, Hans Baldung Grien produced particularly impressive paintings and drawings on the theme of confrontation between life and death, symbolically embodied by a young girl and a skeleton. Published in 1774, the poem by Matthias Claudius succinctly presents the encounter in two verses that engage in mutual dialogue: on the one hand, the young woman in fear of death, and on the other, the skeletal man, whom Claudius transforms into an entirely positive figure through his soothing words.