Schubert - Ins Stille LandAfter their multi award winning album Aus der Ferne, the Signum Quartett continues their Schubert journey for PENTATONE with Ins stille Land, another recording that explores the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs, the latter arranged for string quartet by Xandi van Dijk, the ensemble's violist. The concept for this recording project grew out of the Schubertiad, where chamber music and vocal works would be heard side by side

Franz Liszt's symphonic poem "Mazeppa" is based on a poem by Victor Hugo and uses musical material from the composer's fourth "Etude d'exécution transcendante" from 1846

a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality

The absence of a chordal instrument allows the ensemble to explore the open-ended nature of these folk forms

as he helps the Anderson kids foil the evil plans of a crooked mall Santa and his elf henchmen

Lorna (Anne Baxter)

when he was one of the first signings to the newly-founded Capitol label

The Cologne University of Music and Dance

Might they still be at one another's service

marked by a keen contrast between dramatic

Georgia Anne Muldrow

united by a central theme of romantic love

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