Le Temps Suspendu: Beethoven & Schubert (Live) Katok Ensemble

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quintet in C Major, D. 956:
• 1 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo (Live) 20:47
• 2 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio (Live) 15:22
• 3 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: III. Scherzo. Presto (Live) 10:08
• 4 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: IV. Allegretto (Live) 10:47
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132:
• 5 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro (Live) 09:33
• 6 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto (Live) 07:43
• 7 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio (Live) 17:45
• 8 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace (Live) 02:25
• 9 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato (Live) 06:57
• Total Runtime 01:41:27

Info for Le Temps Suspendu: Beethoven & Schubert (Live)

The Katok Ensemble was formed in 2019 by Paul Serri. For their first album "Le Temps suspendu" (Suspended Time), they have taken up the challenge of bringing together on a double album Beethoven's String Quartet No 15 and Schubert's Quintet for Two Cellos. These two works complement each other in so many respects and heralded the Romantic Era which would follow. The recording made at the Katok Festival in Ardeche enables us to hear them from a fresh perspective.

Katok Ensemble

Katok Ensemble
Founded in 2019 by Paul Serri, the Katok Ensemble brings together musicians who share a passion for chamber music, with the aim of making the genre accessible to a wide audience and dispelling the notion that one needs to be a connoisseur to appreciate it.

The Katok Ensemble comprises Paul Serri, Camille Fonteneau, Schuichi Okada, Magdalena Sypniewski, and David Petrilk (violins); Léa Hennino, Anna Sypniewski, and Issey Nadaud (violas); and Justine Metral, Rafael Cumont Vioque, Julie Sévilla-Fraysse, and Volodia Van Keulen (cellos).

Its associated artists include Corentin Apparailly (composer) and Hugo Mallon (stage director).

The musicians are accomplished chamber artists, each with a unique and rigorous artistic background and approach.

The Katok Ensemble seeks to forge a collective identity while preserving and harmonizing the individuality of each member.

Its flexible, variable-size format allows for an expansive repertoire—ranging from the smallest chamber music form (the duo) to the largest (the dectet)—with a particular focus on the string sextet repertoire.

This flexibility enables the ensemble to combine two concepts that are often at odds: long-term artistic development and adaptability.

In the spirit of democratizing chamber music and fostering new connections with audiences, the Katok Ensemble has launched a chamber music festival in the Ardèche region: the Katok Festival.

The Katok Ensemble also collaborates with other art forms, such as theater and cinema. Notably, the creation of a "concert-performance" in collaboration with Hugo Mallon—*Les saisons*—which unfolds around the novel by Maurice Pons.

Booklet for Le Temps Suspendu: Beethoven & Schubert (Live)