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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)
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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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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A spacious performance, enthralling and poetic: it leaves behind the world of happy Viennese music-making. Instead, we have a view of the Octet as one of Schubert's major achievments, sharing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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The sound for this inwardly rewarding performance is warm and spacious, the performance blending a sense of scale with an intimacy, even cosiness, that's part of the Octet's spirit. —
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A beautifully engineered recording which simply exudes the joy of music-making. —
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Building a Library, June 2002, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, June 2002, Also Recommended
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Schubert & Widmann: Octets
RecommendedJörg Widmann (clarinet), Dag Jensen (bassoon), Sybille Mahni (horn), Yasunori Kawahara (double bass), Isabelle van Keulen, Veronika Eberle (violins), Rachel Roberts (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Carolin Widmann, Florian Donderer (violins), Hanna Weinmeister (viola), Gustav Rivinius (cello)
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Building A Library, October 2024, Recommended Recording (Schubert)
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The players set the tone at once with an unusually tense, atmospheric account of the slow introduction. The Allegro combines a bold, striding impetus with poetic flexibility, as in the clarinet's... —
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Seldom is it dispatched with such a winning combination of joviality, delicate melancholy, technical finesse and rhythmic dash. —
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Building a Library, June 2002, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Schubert: Octet D803, Mozart: Divertimento in D K205
Wiener Oktett (chamber ensemble)