Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Quatuor Psophos
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
Her clear, precise voice, musical intelligence and relationship with language were made for this composer...these transcriptions by composer Jacques Gandard work so well that the album has a...
Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Quatuor Psophos
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
Her clear, precise voice, musical intelligence and relationship with language were made for this composer...these transcriptions by composer Jacques Gandard work so well that the album has a...
About
Sandrine Piau admits that she has always been fascinated not only by Schubert’s music but also by the genre of the string quartet. "The endless quest for the pure gesture in which we lose ourselves in order to become one with each other reminds me of the aquatic ballets in old-fashioned musicals, when female swimmers formed images of perfect flowers”. Thanks to the Psophos Quartet, her dream has now been realised; together they present a magnificent programme of transcriptions. "Between the hair of the bows and the texture of the voice, our instruments blend and form an imaginary Schubert quintet".
Contents and tracklist
Schubert:
Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 545 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length3:55
Schubert:
4 Gesänge aus "Wilhelm Meister", D. 877: No. 4, Lied der Mignon [III]. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length3:15
No. 2, Lied der Mignon [I]. Heiss mich nicht reden, heiss mich schweigen (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Track length3:47
Schubert:
Der Musensohn, Op. 92 No. 1, D. 764 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length1:57
Schubert:
Ganymed, Op. 19 No. 3, D. 544 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length4:03
Schubert:
Viola, Op. Posth. 123, D. 786 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length13:17
Schubert:
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, Op. Posth., D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Work length14:43
Schubert:
Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length3:34
Schubert:
Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 768 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
Work length1:52
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2025Editor's Choice
October 2025
Her clear, precise voice, musical intelligence and relationship with language were made for this composer...these transcriptions by composer Jacques Gandard work so well that the album has a meant-to-be quality.
