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Sandrine Piau, Quatuor Psophos

Label: Alpha Classics
Catalogue number: ALPHA 1157
EAN / barcode: 3701624511572
Release date: 5 September 2025
Format: Digital

Sandrine Piau has always been fascinated, not only by the music of Schubert, but also by the genre of the string quartet, as she admits. "The endless search for the pure gesture in which we lose ourselves to become one with each other reminds me of the water ballets in old-fashioned musicals, in which the floating women formed images of perfect flowers." Together with the Psophos Quartets, Sandrine Piau presents a beautiful programme of transcriptions, making a dream come true. "Between the hair of the bow and the texture of the voice, our instruments melt together into an imaginary Schubert quintet".

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Tracklist

01 Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 545 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 03:56
02 4 Gesänge aus "Wilhelm Meister", D. 877: No. 4, Lied der Mignon [III]. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 03:16
03 Mignon, D. 321 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 04:13
04 4 Gesänge aus "Wilhelm Meister", D. 877: No. 2, Lied der Mignon [I]. Heiss mich nicht reden, heiss mich schweigen (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 03:48
05 4 Gesänge aus "Wilhelm Meister", D. 877: No. 3, Lied der Mignon [II]. So lasst mich scheinen, bis ich werde (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 02:58
06 Der Musensohn, Op. 92 No. 1, D. 764 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 01:58
07 Ganymed, Op. 19 No. 3, D. 544 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 04:04
08 Viola, Op. Posth. 123, D. 786 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 13:17
09 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, Op. Posth., D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto 14:43
10 Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 03:34
11 Quartettsatz in C Minor, Op. Posth., D. 703: I. Allegro Assai 09:00
12 Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 768 (Arr. for Soprano and String Quartet by Jacques Gandard) 01:53

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