Schubert Quintet's guest appearances

Schubert Quintet

The Concert - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Phenomenal 50

Nicola Benedetti

Caroline Goulding

Mozart Sonatas

Violin Virtuosos

Daniel Lebhardt

Xiang Yu

Borrowed Tunes

Wendy Warner

OwlTail

Violinists Jaime Laredo and Pinchas Zuckerman, violist Walter Trampler, and cellists Leslie Parnas and Lynn Harrell perform Schubert's Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, Op. 163 from Alice Tully Hall on February 19, 1978.

Schubert Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, Op. 163

Schubert’s Cello Quintet in C Major performed by Musicians from Marlboro.Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. 163Let’s play a little word association game. When I say the words “Schubert” and “quintet,” what’s the next word that springs to mind? Perhaps “trout?” It’s fitting that the chamber work many of us may know Schubert for was inspired by one of his art songs, or lieder. Even towards the end of his all-too-brief lifetime, when he was in the prime of his career, Schubert was known more for his songs and piano pieces than his chamber and orchestral works. In fact, that “other” quintet—the one we’ll hear today, his cello quintet in C Major—was rejected by his publisher. A quarter-century went by before it was eventually published, posthumously. But that lack of recognition is no indication of the quality of the work. Today, the cello quintet is widely seen as one of the most important chamber works of the Romantic era, and the pinnacle of Schubert’s own output.

<p>Schubert’s Cello Quintet in C Major performed by <a href="/music/listen/music_library?filter=artist#go_2427" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Musicians from Marlboro</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="/music/listen/music_library?filter=composer#go_2579" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schubert</a>: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. 163</li></ul><p>Let’s play a little word association game. When I say the words “Schubert” and “quintet,” what’s the next word that springs to mind? Perhaps “trout?” It’s fitting that the chamber work many of us may know Schubert for was inspired by one of his art songs, or lieder. Even towards the end of his all-too-brief lifetime, when he was in the prime of his career, Schubert was known more for his songs and piano pieces than his chamber and orchestral works. In fact, that “other” quintet—the one we’ll hear today, his cello quintet in C Major—was rejected by his publisher. A quarter-century went by before it was eventually published, posthumously. But that lack of recognition is no indication of the quality of the work. Today, the cello quintet is widely seen as one of the most important chamber works of the Romantic era, and the pinnacle of Schubert’s own output.</p>

140. The Other Schubert Quintet