Matthias Schubert Quartet

Matthias Schubert Quartet: Trappola

by Nic Jones
February 12, 2007

I must admit to ignorance of Matthias Schubert's work prior to hearing this disc, and the only point of reference that springs to mind is the fact that he's in the band on Graham Collier's Hoarded Dreams, recorded in 1983 and recently put out on Cuneiform. Ignorance can often be lifted by revelation, and that's certainly the case here. Schubert deploys the sparse musical resources of his quartet with such aplomb that the listener might be left with the impression ...