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Wigmore Soloists - Schubert Octet
BIS-2597 (BIS Records, SACD)
DSD
Multi-channel/Stereo
FIRST RELEASE (29 October 2021)
Playing time: 61'20"
Tracks: 6
Booklet pages: 20
℗ 2021 BIS Records AB
© 2021 BIS Records AB
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Wigmore Soloists - Schubert Octet published on 5 January 2022
Wigmore Soloists
Isabelle van Keulen, violin I
Benjamin Gilmore, violin II
Timothy Ridout, viola
Kristina Blaumane, cello
Tim Gibbs, double bass
Michael Collins, clarinet
Robin O'Neill, bassoon
Alberto Menéndez Escribano, horn
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Octet in F, D 803 (1824)
1 Adagio - Allegro - Più allegro
2 Adagio
3 Allegro vivace - Trio
4 Andante - Variations I-VII. Un poco più mosso - Più lento
5 Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio - Menuetto - Coda
6 Andante molto - Allegro - Andante molto - Allegro molto
Recorded 11-13 December 2020 at Wigmore Hall, London UK