Schubert's Most Sublime Melody (from C major String Quintet)

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Richard Atkinson discusses Schubert’s most sublime melody, occurring in the first movement of his remarkable C major String Quintet (and a bonus sublime melody from its second movement).

This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances/documentaries::

Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90 No. 3
Krystian Zimerman, piano

Schubert: String Quintet in C major:
Wiener Streichsextett: Erich Hobarth, Peter Matzka (violins); Thomas Riebl (viola); Rudolf Leopold, Susanne Ehn (cellos)

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K.425 "Linz"
The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner

Haydn: Symphony No. 48 in C, "Maria Theresia"
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74, “Harp”
Emerson Quartet

Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, G. 275: III. Minuetto
Enrico Casazza & La Magnifica Comunità

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Quartetto Italiano and Maurizio Pollini, piano

Brahms: String Quintet in G, Op. 111
Takács Quartet and Lawrence Power, viola

Video excerpt:
“Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life” (1969 documentary)

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
3. Quartett. “Mir ist so wunderbar”
Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink

Schubert: Fantasie for piano (4 hands) in F minor
Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu

00:00 - Video introduction
02:55 - Exposition (first theme)
08:03 - Exposition (sublime second theme)
16:56 - Exposition (canon based on sublime second theme)
19:54 - Exposition (closing theme)
20:55 - Development
23:02 - Recapitulation
30:15 - Bonus sublime melody (from second movement)
39:23 - Coda