Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Thomas Zehetmair - #2 Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 "Der Tod und das Mädchen" (2023)

Closer investigation of the roots and history of the Quartet, which was composed in 1824, reveals traces of all three of the so-called fine arts. The title “Death and the Maiden” reaches far back into the history of art. In the early 16th century, Hans Baldung Grien produced particularly impressive paintings and drawings on the theme of confrontation between life and death, symbolically embodied by a young girl and a skeleton. Published in 1774, the poem by Matthias Claudius succinctly presents the encounter in two verses that engage in mutual dialogue: on the one hand, the young woman in fear of death, and on the other, the skeletal man, whom Claudius transforms into an entirely positive figure through his soothing words.

Tracklist
01. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 "Der Tod Und Das Mädchen": I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 "Der Tod Und Das Mädchen": II. Andante Con Moto
03. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 "Der Tod Und Das Mädchen": III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto - Trio
04. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 "Der Tod Und Das Mädchen": IV. Presto - Prestissimo