Cleveland Quartet – Schubert: Octet for Strings and Winds in F Major, D. 803 (2023 Remastered Version) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Cleveland Quartet – Schubert: Octet for Strings and Winds in F Major, D. 803 (2023 Remastered Version) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:03:40 minutes | 2,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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Schubert’s sunny Octet is sort of an overstuffed version of Beethoven’s popular Septet. Scored for a bountiful array of strings and winds, and sporting six full-length movements that collectively last nearly an hour, the piece is another in the great tradition of Serenade music, so effectively cultivated by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and dozens of other minor composers. Beethoven’s contribution to the genre, the Septet, turned out to be so much more popular than his more serious works that he grew to hate the piece. Schubert’s avowed aim, by contrast, was just this sort of popularity, and he was surely pleased with his success, as he no doubt would have been by this genial performance. –David Hurwitz

Tracklist:
1-1. Cleveland Quartet – I. Adagio – Allegro – Più allegro (2023 Remastered Version) (12:38)
1-2. Cleveland Quartet – II. Adagio (2023 Remastered Version) (13:32)
1-3. Cleveland Quartet – III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (2023 Remastered Version) (06:26)
1-4. Cleveland Quartet – IV. Andante – Un poco più mosso – Più lento (2023 Remastered Version) (12:11)
1-5. Cleveland Quartet – V. Menuetto. Allegretto (2023 Remastered Version) (08:09)
1-6. Cleveland Quartet – VI. Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto – Allegro molto (2023 Remastered Version) (10:41)

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