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PT 6732
Ins stille Land
Label Catalogue Number:
PTC5186732
PTC5186732
Running Time: 01:19:12
Release Date: November 2020
Originally recorded in 2019
Originally recorded in 2019
Genre:
Classical
Chamber
Classical
Chamber
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After their multi-award-winning album Aus der Ferne, the Signum Quartett continues their Schubert journey for PENTATONE with Ins stille Land, another recording that explores the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs, the latter arranged for string quartet by Xandi van Dijk, the ensemble’s violist. The concept for this recording project grew out of the Schubertiad, where chamber music and vocal works would be heard side by side in an intimate setting. The songs and quartets featured on Ins stille Land share a fascination for alienation and death, characteristic of Schubert’s troubled existence, with his world famous “Death and the Maiden” quartet as the album’s centrepiece. The Signum Quartett is frequently hailed as one of the most adventurous and outstanding ensembles of today. The quartet’s first PENTATONE recording Aus der Ferne (2018) won an Opus Klassik 2019 award, as well as a diapason d’or.
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Reviews
***** Coup de Cœur
Fabienne Bouvet – Classica magazine (France) – April 2021
"... A 'Death and the Maiden' that stands tall in a crowded field ... Idiomatically arranged by the ensemble's violist, the interpolated songs set the stage most effectively for the two main pieces, making for a brim-full, vividly recorded CD which will hopefully soon be followed by more of its kind."
Carlos Maria Solare - The Stad - February 2021
“… an album that repays careful and repeated listening.”
Richard Bratby – Gramophone magazine – January 2021
“…the carefully built program follows the relationships between Schubert’s prolific song output and his early to late string quartets. The group sequences the songs and quartets so that the late D Minor is coming late in the program, and so we can follow the composer’s remarkable artistic progression in the field. The surrounding songs give us additional context to the same musical mind that created both Lieder and chamber works… The Signum Qaurtett’s players are at their best in the slow and quiet segments, which hold special concentration – the variations’ theme is a good example, as well as the Haydn-like slow movement of the early String Quartet, D. 74. After few listening sessions, I came to appreciate their tender and inward-looking performance of the String Quartets, as well as their clever way of storytelling through the song arrangements…”
Tal Agam – theclassicreview.com – 20 November 2020
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