Schubert: Octet
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), James Munro (double bass)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
There is much to admire here: some exquisitely wistful clarinet phrasing from Coppola, and a frightening fierceness in the sudden outburst that heralds the finale, where Schubert seems momentarily...
Schubert: Octet
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), James Munro (double bass)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
There is much to admire here: some exquisitely wistful clarinet phrasing from Coppola, and a frightening fierceness in the sudden outburst that heralds the finale, where Schubert seems momentarily...
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A mysterious beauty
In response to a commission from Count Troyer, who wanted a work closely modelled on Beethoven’s famous Septet op.20, Schubert – despite his fervent admiration for the older composer – resolutely struck out on his own by delivering an . . . Octet. While the enlarged forces opened his path towards symphonic writing, examination of the form and expression reveals a much more accomplished and personal composition than has generally been recognised by commentators. Isabelle Faust and her partners, enthralled by what is an exceptional work in every respect, offer us a new interpretation of it on period instruments.
Contents and tracklist
- Javier Zafra, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Teunis van der Zwart, James Munro, Isabelle Faust, Lorenzo Coppola, Danusha Waskiewicz, Kristin von der Goltz
- Lorenzo Coppola, Teunis van der Zwart, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Danusha Waskiewicz, Isabelle Faust, Javier Zafra, Kristin von der Goltz, James Munro
Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceMay 2018
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The Times Records of the Year2018
August 2018
There is much to admire here: some exquisitely wistful clarinet phrasing from Coppola, and a frightening fierceness in the sudden outburst that heralds the finale, where Schubert seems momentarily to foresee his tragic future.
July 2018
Faust is very much the guiding light in this period-instrument Octet. Yet her creative inventiveness is matched by her considerateness as a chamber colleague. In a performance notable for its intimacy, Faust never seeks to hog the limelight…While alive to the Octet’s Viennese hedonism, Faust and her colleagues are unusually responsive to its mysterious shadows.
May 2018
The energy and imagination from Faust and friends never lets up over the hour-long span of Schubert’s largest-scale chamber work; the ebullient vitality of the Trio has an almost symphonic quality, whilst the fourth-movement variations feel as if they’re being improvised on the spot.
1st July 2018
Faust (playing her “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius of 1704) rightly gets top billing as first violinist, but her string, woodwind (Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet; Javier Zafra, bassoon) and horn (Teunis van der Zwart) colleagues are top chamber musicians who think this score afresh, revelling in its soloist opportunities
