Schubert - String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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The Takács have recorded it before. Back in 1997 for Decca its tensile urgency was to the fore...But the experience of nearly three decades has intervened, as has changes of personnel. The result... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Chamber
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The Zemlinsky Quartet (like the Alban Berg Quartet before them) build this account along large-scale lines, both in terms of assaying its overall structure, and imparting a formal logic and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2026, Chamber Choice
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This is a coruscating performance from their first icy creeping entrance…I particularly love their evocation of the trio’s idyll as something infinitely distant, untouchable. —
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Record Review, 18th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Schubert: Chamber Works
RecommendedAdolf Busch (violin) & Rudolf Serkin (piano), Adolf Busch (violin), Hermann Busch (cello) & Rudolf Serkin (piano)
The Busch Quartet
A classic and indispensable set, and given the quality of the musical wisdom the Busch possess, this is in a class of its own —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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The traditionally ceremonial key of C major takes on a different hue in Schubert's Quintet. …the playing is on the loftiest level, ensemble always transparently clean; and the ability to think,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Chamber
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Building A Library, May 2026, Recommended Recording (String Quartet No. 15)
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The Jubilees’ approach to both works is impressive and controversial in equal measure. Ensemble and tuning are phenomenally precise, and individual and collective tone never forced. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Even in a work as well known as the Quartettsatz they lend character through elasticity of phrasing, which nicely counterbalances the piece’s inherent energy. But the main event is the G major... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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The real value of this release lies in the fine performance of Schubert’s last string quartet...The Signum Quartett ’s attention to detail is meticulous throughout their performance, and the... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Among modern performances I have heard none that surpasses this for obsessiveness. Even so, the Cuarteto Casals manage not to fall into the trap of making this an aural ordeal for the listener...but... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Disc of the month
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