Rating: 5/5
Review:
Superb Schubert
This is a
terrific disc. The music is simply
wonderful; it is full of charm, beauty, thoughtfulness and the most brilliant
melodic and harmonic invention. For me,
the Notturno in particular is the most fabulous miniature with its sublimely
beautiful opening and closing passages and the darker, more dramatic middle
section, but it's all chamber music of the highest order.
The Florestans play it superbly. There is a real feeling of life and depth in
the music throughout and their technical excellence allows them to really bring
out the meaning and feel of the music while sounding completely at ease with
it; it's exemplary playing. I have the
Beaux Arts Trio's recordings of these works which I have loved for many years
and I think this is better – and I can't think of any higher praise than that.
This really is one of the finest and most enjoyable discs of
Schubert's chamber music that I know (which is really saying something) and I
can recommend it very, very warmly.
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