Episode 4
Donald Macleod looks at two valedictory works from Schubert's last weeks - the motet Tantum ergo and the String Quintet, which gathered dust for 25 years after the composer's death.
Donald Macleod looks at two valedictory works from Schubert's final weeks - the motet Tantum ergo and the troubled String Quintet, which gathered dust for 25 years after the composer's death but is now regarded as one of the masterpieces of chamber music.
Tantum ergo for soloists, chorus and orchestra, D962
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto)
Adolf Dallapozza (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
String Quintet in C, D956
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Alban Berg Quartet.
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Franz Schubert
'Tantum ergo', D962 for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Performer: Lucia Popp (sop), Performer: Brigitte Fassbaender (cont), Performer: Adolf Dallapozza (ten), Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass) Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (cond)
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major, D956
Performer: Alban Berg Quartet Performer: Heinrich Schiff (vc)
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- 566890 2,.
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