Est 1923

Schubert Chamber Works

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Franz Schubert

Label: DG

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: 413 453-2GH

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Quintet for Piano and Strings, 'Trout' Franz Schubert, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano
Franz Schubert, Composer
Martin Lovett, Cello
Norbert Brainin, Violin
Peter Schidlof, Viola
Rainer Zepperitz, Double bass
String Quartet No. 12, 'Quartettsatz' Franz Schubert, Composer
Amadeus Qt
Franz Schubert, Composer
Re-mastering and the transfer to CD have much improved the sound of these striking performances. As JOC remarked in her original review, the Trout receives a serious, rather than a light-hearted, reading: the opening of the Scherzo, indeed, is almost fierce, and accents everywhere tend to be more forceful than one normally expects. Though the strings sound a trifle further from the microphone, the balance with the piano is excellent, and Gilels's sensitivity is much to be admired: there is never any suggestion of his trying to turn the work into a quasi-concerto. Only the finale leads one in places to question the degree of heftiness of the approach. Alone of the CD Trouts, this one leaves room for the Quartettsatz in addition: a strong interpretation which is also tidier in some details (e.g. the upward rushes) than in the team's more recent CD recording (DG 410 024-2GH, 6/83).'

Schubert Chamber Works

Quintet for Piano and Strings, 'Trout'

String Quartet No. 12, 'Quartettsatz'

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