In its first disc for Hyperion, the Takács Quartet takes on central repertoire works that it had strangely so far left unrecorded: Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" and "Rosamunde" quartets. The once all-Hungarian then half-English, half-Hungarian ensemble had already recorded quartets by Haydn, Dvorák, and, of course, Beethoven for Decca, but not until its 2006 Hyperion debut did it turn to quartets by Schubert. It seems a natural combination. On this disc, the quarter-America, quarter-English, half-Hungarian quartet based ...
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In its first disc for Hyperion, the Takács Quartet takes on central repertoire works that it had strangely so far left unrecorded: Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" and "Rosamunde" quartets. The once all-Hungarian then half-English, half-Hungarian ensemble had already recorded quartets by Haydn, Dvorák, and, of course, Beethoven for Decca, but not until its 2006 Hyperion debut did it turn to quartets by Schubert. It seems a natural combination. On this disc, the quarter-America, quarter-English, half-Hungarian quartet based in Aspen tears into Schubert's quartets with the kind of passionate intensity that refutes the received wisdom that Schubert's quartets were somehow lesser Beethoven quartets. The Takács' attack in the opening Allegro of the D minor "Death and the Maiden" is unrelenting even when the tempo is surprisingly agile. But while some listeners might object to first violinist Edward Dusinberre's phrasing in his solo transitions into the second theme, no one could say that his extravagant...
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Add this copy of Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14 to cart. $27.72, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Hyperion UK.
Add this copy of Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14 to cart. $31.72, new condition, Sold by Entertainment by Post - UK rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by Hyperion.
