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Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)
Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)
Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)
Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)
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Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)

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Sandrine Piau admits that she has always been fascinated not only by Schubert’s music but also by the genre of the string quartet. "The endless quest for the pure gesture in which we lose ourselves in order to become one with each other reminds me of the aquatic ballets in old-fashioned musicals, when female swimmers formed images of perfect flowers”. Thanks to the Psophos Quartet, her dream has now been realised. Together they present a magnificent program of transcriptions on Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet). "Between the hair of the bows and the texture of the voice, our instruments blend and form an imaginary Schubert quintet".
Sandrine Piau, Soprano Psophos Quartet

Tracklist

Total time: 01:06:40

1. Der Jungling und der Tod D. 545 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
03:56
2. 4 Gesänge aus
03:16
3. Mignon D. 321 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
04:13
4. 4 Gesänge aus
03:48
5. 4 Gesänge aus
02:58
6. Der Musensohn Op. 92 No. 1 D. 764 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
01:58
7. Ganymed Op. 19 No. 3 D. 544 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
04:04
8. Viola Op. Posth. 123 D. 786 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
13:17
9. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor Op. Posth. D. 810
14:43
10. Erlkonig Op. 1 D. 328 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
03:34
11. Quartettsatz in C Minor Op. Posth. D. 703
09:00
12. Wandrers Nachtlied D. 768 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard)
01:53

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Additional Information

Label
Alpha Classics
SKU
ALPHA1157
Qualities
DSD 512, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, WAV 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit
Channels
2ch Stereo
Composers
Schubert
Original Recording Format
PCM 96k
Instruments
String quartet
Recording Location
Cité de la Musique et de la Danse, Soissons, France
Recording Engineer
Vinvent Mons
Release Date
September 19, 2025
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Reviews

Gramophone

David Patrick Stearns

Sandrine Piau does not seem destined to make a typical Schubert album. (...) these transcriptions by composer Jacques Gandard work so well that the album has a meant-to-be quality. (...) The quartet’s booklet note (jointly authored, one assumes) suggests that this ‘imaginaire’ quintet is not so imaginary at all. In other words, this is a project that was waiting to happen.

Source: www.gramophone.co.uk

Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)

Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Imaginary Quintet)

€29,99 EUR

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