Tag: String Quintet D.956

• High five

  November 7, 2016

  Chamber music, Classical music, Song, Vocal

  Schubert, String Quintet D.956, winterreise

  The String Quintet in C, D.956 is surely one of the finest of Schubert’s works. The drama and lyricism of the first movement; the mystic, sublime calm surrounding a perfect emotional storm that is the slow movement; the celebration of the scherzo with the mystery of the trio; and, finally, a dance that reminds us…