The Schubert Ensemble
The Trout Quintet and Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat
- Type CD
- Label Champs Hill
- UPC 5060212590084
- Catalog number CHRCD 007
- Release date 01 July 2010
About the album
The Schubert Ensemble, led by Simon Blendis, perform a work for which they are justly well-known - Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet, coupled here with the same composer's elegant Piano Trio No.1 in B flat.
Composed in the Austrian country town of Steyr in 1819, The Trout, as it is commonly known, is one of Schubert's most celebrated and enduring works. The apparent simplicity of the structures forms a framework for wonderfully inventive, beautifully contrasted material; the link between the music itself and the spacious, inspiring scenery which surrounded Schubert as he composed it is clear. A sparkling Scherzo, offset by a rather coy Trio lead into the Theme and Variations for which the piece is so well-known. It is wonderfully played, here, by the lively and enthusiastic Schubert Ensemble, and sends us on our way to the jovial Finale with its joyous spirit of untroubled relaxation.
Schubert's Piano Trio No.1, written eight years after the 'Trout', is one of his most delectable chamber works, full of long, lyrical melodic lines; there is a certain similarity with the Trout without direct thematic resemblance. The Schubert Ensemble deliver another uplifting and first-rate performance.
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11Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ('The Trout') : I. Allegro vivace
09:24 -
12Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ('The Trout') : II. Andante
06:56 -
13Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ('The Trout') : III. Scherzo: Presto - Trio
04:06 -
14Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ('The Trout') : IV. Theme and Variations: Andantino
08:00 -
15Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ('The Trout') : V. Allegro giusto
06:36 -
16Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, D. 898 / Op. 99 : I. Allegro moderato
11:23 -
17Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, D. 898 / Op. 99 : II. Andante un poco mosso
10:28 -
18Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, D. 898 / Op. 99 : III. Scherzo: Allegro
06:40 -
19Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, D. 898 / Op. 99 : IV. Rondo: Allegro vivace
09:25