Zemlinsky Quartet – Franz Schubert The First String Quartets (Remastered) (2008/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

In Metternich’s Vienna, chamber music was the favourite distraction of a number of aristocrats and the leisure class as well as student Bohemia. By 1815, a teenaged Franz Schubert had already written (at least) ten scores for quartet, for the family circle, Hausmusik, without seeking to conceal his models borrowed from Haydn and, especially, Mozart. Natural melodic invention, amazingly elaborate harmonic skill and the spirit of the Lied did not fully assert themselves until the Quartettsatz of 1820, an Allegro assai, suddenly filled with anxiety, followed by 41 bars of an Andante suspended forever, ordinarily passed over in silence. Here, the Zemlinskys repeat the fantastic success that marked their previous performances of Dvorák’s early quartets.

The recording contains 11 string quartets from the first period of the composer´s life. In addition, we can find here the well-known Quartet Movement C minor D. 703, coming together with the less-known 41-bars-long fragment of its second movement. This time, the publisher used a painting by P. Renoir for the cover.

Tracklist:
01. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 1, D. 18: I. Andante – Presto vivace (05:21)
02. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 1, D. 18: II. Menuetto (03:06)
03. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 1, D. 18: III. Andante (04:13)
04. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 1, D. 18: IV. Presto (04:05)
05. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32: I. Presto (04:55)
06. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32: II. Andante (04:30)
07. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32: III. Menuetto – Allegro. Trio (02:44)
08. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 2 in C Major, D. 32: IV. Allegro con spirito (08:02)
09. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, D. 36: I. Allegro (09:54)
10. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, D. 36: II. Andante (04:29)
11. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, D. 36: III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio (05:20)
12. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, D. 36: IV. Allegretto (05:47)
13. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: I. Adagio – Allegro con moto (08:11)
14. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: II. Andante con moto (04:37)
15. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: III. Menuetto. Allegro (04:10)
16. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46: IV. Finale. Allegro (04:23)
17. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 68: I. Allegro maestoso (06:22)
18. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 68: II. Allegro (07:17)
19. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74: I. Allegro ma non troppo (07:18)
20. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74: II. Andante con moto (04:13)
21. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74: III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio (03:56)
22. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 6 in D Major, D. 74: IV. Allegro (04:50)
23. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet in C Minor, D. 103 “Quartettsatz”: Grave – Allegro (05:32)
24. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: I. Allegro (06:22)
25. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: II. Andante con moto (05:01)
26. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: III. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio (02:15)
27. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: IV. Presto (02:31)
28. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168: I. Allegro ma non troppo (08:10)
29. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168: II. Andante sostenuto (07:48)
30. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168: III. Menuetto. Allegro. Trio (04:55)
31. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major, D. 112, Op. posth. 168: IV. Presto (05:12)
32. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173: I. Allegro con brio (06:00)
33. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173: II. Andantino (06:59)
34. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173: III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio (03:29)
35. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173: IV. Allegro (05:20)
36. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato (09:19)
37. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1: II. Adagio (06:32)
38. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Prestissimo – Trio (02:19)
39. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, D. 87, Op. 125 No. 1: IV. Allegro (07:55)
40. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2: I. Allegro con fuoco (06:43)
41. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2: II. Andante (06:16)
42. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2: III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace. Trio (03:00)
43. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353, Op. 125 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace (05:00)
44. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 “Quartettsatz”: Allegro assai (09:31)
45. Zemlinsky Quartet – Schubert: String quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 “Quartettsatz”: Andante sostenuto (41 first bars) (02:31)