Quatuor Arod - Death and the Maiden on CD

Description

An outstanding album, was Gramophone magazine's verdict on the Arod Quartet's last release, a programme of Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Webern. Remaining in Vienna, the young French quartet goes back to the time of Schubert. 'We wanted to explore several stylistic phases in Schubert's life,' they explain. The centrepiece is his gripping 'Quartet No 14' (Der Tod und das Mädchen/Death and the Maiden'), written in the final years of his short life and complemented here by the 'Quartets No 4 and No 12' (Quartettsatz).

Track Listings
1 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
2 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Theme
3 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Variation I
4 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Variation II
5 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Variation III
6 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Variation IV
7 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Variation V
8 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": III. Scherzo - Allegro molto
9 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": IV. Presto
10 String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz": I. Allegro assai
11 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: I. Adagio - Allegro con moto
12 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: II. Andante con moto
13 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: III. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio
14 String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: IV. Finale. Allegro