Schubert's Most Sublime Melody (from C major String Quintet)

Please support this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/RichardAtkinson Richard Atkinson discusses Schubert’s most sublime melody, occurring in the first movement of his remarkable C major String Quintet (and a bonus sublime melody from its second movement). This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances/documentaries:: Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90 No. 3 Krystian Zimerman, piano Schubert: String Quintet in C major: Wiener Streichsextett: Erich Hobarth, Peter Matzka (violins); Thomas Riebl (viola); Rudolf Leopold, Susanne Ehn (cellos) Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K.425 "Linz" The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner Haydn: Symphony No. 48 in C, "Maria Theresia" Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74, “Harp” Emerson Quartet Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, G. 275: III. Minuetto Enrico Casazza & La Magnifica Comunità Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Quartetto Italiano and Maurizio Pollini, piano Brahms: String Quintet in G, Op. 111 Takács Quartet and Lawrence Power, viola Video excerpt: “Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life” (1969 documentary) Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 3. Quartett. “Mir ist so wunderbar” Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink Schubert: Fantasie for piano (4 hands) in F minor Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu 00:00 - Video introduction 02:55 - Exposition (first theme) 08:03 - Exposition (sublime second theme) 16:56 - Exposition (canon based on sublime second theme) 19:54 - Exposition (closing theme) 20:55 - Development 23:02 - Recapitulation 30:15 - Bonus sublime melody (from second movement) 39:23 - Coda

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