Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Fibonacci Sequence
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1145
Release: 2011
Size: 269 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Octet in F major, D803
01. Adagio – Allegro
02. Adagio
03. Allegro vivace
04. Andante – Theme and Variations
05. Menuetto – Allegretto
06. Andante molto – Allegro
‘dazzingly good chamber ensemble’ The Times
‘…no praise can be too high for the Fibonacci Sequence’s polished and dashingly committed performances…’ Gramophone
One of Britain’s most foremost chamber ensembles, The Fibonacci Sequence perform the sublime masterpiece, The Octet in F by Franz Schubert.
Written as a commission and modelled on Beethoven’s Septet, Schubert’s Octet in F takes the form of a largescale divertimento – a piece to be listened to as recreation, not too demanding, not too serious. Composed in March 1824, it is the largest in scale of Schubert’s chamber works with scoring for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass.
Schubert’s gift for melody and for brilliant yet delicate decoration shines on this disc, highlighted by the voice of the solo violin as it traverses the myriad moods of this sublime masterpiece with the clarinet and fellow members of this distinguished ensemble.