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Alain Buet

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[A period-instrument performance of the quartet version, following the conventions of Schuberts timebringing the work to its ideal form!]Alan Buetnow a leading figure in the French early music scene, an experienced stage performer, and a die-hard early music theater artisthas finally released a complete recording of *Winterreise*. And the partners he chose for this project are, surprisingly, a string quartet. And this isnt just any groupthe credits list the Rsur du Jour Quartet, a ensemble comprising four highly skilled musicians, all of whom have made a name for themselves as masters of period instruments. Why, as a top-tier early music performer, did he choose to collaborate with a group that values 19th-century instruments and performance practicesrather than a modern-style string quartet or a fortepiano from the early 19th century, the type Schubert himself would have played?According to the