ZRi - Schubert at the Red Hedgehog Tavern (Deluxe Edition) (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 1. Allegro ma non troppo I
02. Cristinel și Iulian Turturică
03. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 1. Allegro ma non troppo II
04. Terkishe Yale V'Yove Tanz
05. Koilen
06. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 2. Adagio I
07. Bolgarski Zhok
08. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 2. Adagio II
09. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 3. Scherzo I
10. Furculești
11. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 3. Andante sostenuto
12. Interlude I
13. Der Leiermann
14. Interlude II
15. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 3. Scherzo II
16. Doina / Sadigurer-Chusid
17. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 4. Allegretto I
18. Unserer Tairele
19. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 4. Allegretto II
20. Horă din Budeşti
21. String Quintet in C, D. 956: 4. Allegretto III
22. City of Sadhora

Schubert recognised the height of his own romantic aspirations in the see-saw between virtuoso abandon and deep pathos of gypsy music, and also the alienation and defiance that it represented. The melodies we intersperse with the Schubert come from a wide variety of European traditional music backgrounds: Hungarian pub tunes, Jewish klezmer dances, shepherd melodies from the Carpathian Mountains and an improvised wedding lament. Our performance is an attempt to go through the looking glass to present the iconic String Quintet in the full glory of its radicalism and originality.

ZRI stands for ‘Zum Roten Igel’, the name of the major concert venue in Vienna in Schubert’s time but also of the tavern just behind it where bands played and composers caroused into the night; at one point Schubert even lived next door. His fluid embrace of folk tradition in this much-loved work is brought out in this exciting version, reflecting the daring and profound qualities of the piece itself.

Ben Harlan, clarinet
Max Baillie, violin
Matthew Sharp, cello
Jon Banks, accordion
Iris Pissaride, santouri

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