Perhaps the greatest single characteristic of Franz Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet (1823) is the elusive, longing and perhaps even tragically unconsummated atmosphere that pervades the entire work. Only in the Andante are we really allowed to relax in its peaceful serenity.
The ambiguity in the title of Maja Ratkje’s Tale of Lead and Light (2011) reflects the dread which pervaded Oslo in the summer of 2011, and the life-affirming light of Beethoven’s opus 59/1 which inspired Maja’s work.
It is a tribute to Benjamin Britten’s inherent “joie de vivre” that optimism and love triumph in
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Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D. 804, Op. 29, Rosamunde - I. Allegro ma non troppo
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Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D. 804, Op. 29, Rosamunde - II. Andante
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Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D. 804, Op. 29, Rosamunde - III. Minuetto
07:02
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Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D. 804, Op. 29, Rosamunde - IV. Allegro moderato
07:24
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Ratkje - Tale of Lead and Light, String Quartet No. 1
11:26
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Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 - I. Allegro calmo senza rigore
07:48
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Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 - II. Vivace
03:34
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Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 - III. Chacony
16:26
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Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor - I. Allegro
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Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor - III. Menuet - Allegro
04:15
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Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor - IV. Finale - Presto
05:31
Total time: 01:30:46
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