Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...

It must have been disappointing. Franz Schubert could not get anyone interested in publishing his monumental String Quintet in C major, now considered one of the greatest pieces in the chamber music ...

Scott Yoo listens to one of Schubert's most famous pieces, the String Quintet. Scott Yoo listens to one of Schubert's most famous pieces of chamber music, the String Quintet, 3rd Movement.

Two recent performances of Franz Schubert’s sublime String Quintet in C Major provided an opportunity to test a common presumption in the classical-music business: that older performers invariably ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The Danish String Quartet returned to Carnegie Hall with its Doppelgänger project, pairing Schubert’s String Quintet and a premiere by ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick A pillar of chamber music for nearly a half-century, the Emerson players bid farewell with Beethoven’s Opus 130 and Schubert’s String ...

Violist Kim Fredenburgh is set to perform as part of the Placitas Artists Series. (Courtesy of the Placitas Artists Series) Kim Fredenburgh and the Altura Ensemble will close the Placitas Artists ...

BERLIN -- Last night I played Schubert. I put his String Quintet in C Major on the disc player in my room and went to sleep thinking, of all people, of Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister.

As members of one of the world’s leading Bruckner orchestras, violinist Yuan-Qing Yu and cellist Ken Olsen know the 19th century Austrian symphonist better than most. But when the board chair of their ...

In this bittersweet music, Schubert added an extra cello to the standard string quartet, and in the process created a completely new sound for a... Schubert Most Sublime: The String Quintet In C ...