The Hallé – Chamber Series: Schubert Quintet

Roberto Ruisi and friends open the Hallé’s Chamber Series with Schubert’s Quintet in C Major, Desert Island Discs’ most frequently requested piece of chamber music. The addition of a second cello to the usual quartet line-up gives an unparalleled richness, and the music travels from the symphonic scale of the first movement to the exuberant folk-tinged finale, via one of the most sublime slow movements.