Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists - Schubert: String Quintet in C (2015) [SACD]

One of the icons of chamber music, Schubert's celebrated String Quintet is heard in an unusual version on this recording. Schubert's work was styled after those of Boccherini and Onslow, which featured two violins, viola and two cellos. After hearing the double bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti, Onslow decided to add an alternative bass part to replace the second cello part. Schubert might have done the same if he had heard Dragonetti play, so the Amsterdam Sinfonietta commissioned this Marijn van Prooijen adaptation, and the double bass part is performed here by Rick Stotijn.


Tracks:

01. String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163: Allegro ma non troppo
02. String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163: Adagio
03. String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163: Scherzo: Presto. Trio: Andante sostenuto
04. String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163: Finale: Allegretto