Schubert - "Death and the Maiden" Quartet in D Minor (3)

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

String quartet no. 14 in D minor "Der Tod und das Madchen" D810

2. Andante con moto [Part 2]**

Performed by the Takacs Quartet

HIGH QUALITY: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wlBolNfvQ&fmt=18

*The String Quartet in D minor was written in 1824, just after Schubert became aware of his ruined health. It is popularly known as the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet because the second movement is adapted from the piano accompaniment to Schubert's 1817 song (or lied), "Death and the Maiden".

Ariel Dorfman's 1991 play "Death and the Maiden" and its 1994 film adaptation (directed by Roman Polanski) take their names from the quartet.

**Becuase this particular movement is over twelve minutes long, I have split the movement in two right after the end of the third variation. Here's a link to the first half of the movement: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=azGjSn52KRo

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[vonspre]

THANK YOU SCHUBERT,THANK YOU...

[Warkid1993]

cheerful background image

[Paolom86]

The dead should be very very proud of Schubert.

[Hailstormand]

Oh yes. Finally the Maiden gives up to the overwhelming Death. The violin is no longer the Maiden and the cello is no longer Death; their roles are now reversed.

[hendokuyaku]

This is poetry.

[manthasagittarius]

I love the graphic image, now that I've been looking at it for a few movements. But when I first saw it, I thought "Oh. Edward Gorey doing graffiti on a JMW Turner sky. OK . . . "

[MagicDolphinGO]

those damn trills get me every time

[SeadogDriftwood]

At 2:09, it gets quite scary. The increased speed adds an incredible amount to that. I'm honestly shivering.

[1gombro]

"too business-like"- can't believe that comment ))))))))

[TheJamesalden]

Thank You....

[Buldaner]

too businesslike