Franz Schubert - String Quartet (No.15), D.887 (1826)

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including 600 secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of piano and chamber music. The Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (Trout Quintet), the Symphony No. 8, D. 759 (Unfinished Symphony), the three last piano sonatas, D. 958-960, and his song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise are some of his most important works. Please support my channel: String Quartet (No.15) in G major, D.887 (Op.posth.161) (1826 June 20 - 1826 June 30) 1. Allegro molto moderato (0:00) 2. Andante un poco moto (20:44) 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace — Trio. Allegretto (33:06) 4. Allegro assai (40:04) Alban Berg Quartet Live performance 1997, recording made in the Mozartsaal, Wiener Konzerthaus. The String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, was the last quartet written by Franz Schubert in June 1826. It was posthumously published in 1851, as Op. 161. The work focuses on lyrical ideas and explores far-reaching major and minor modes, which was uncommon to this degree in his compositions. Schubert reinforced this with a range of dynamic contrast and use of texture and pizzicato. The structural form of the movements in this quartet are somewhat ambiguous due to Schubert's focus on lyricism rather than traditional harmonic structure....