"Trout" Quintet / "Death and the Maiden" Quartet

Album by Franz Schubert & James Levine & Gerhart Hetzel & Wolfram Christ & Georg Faust & Alois Posch & Hagen Quartett

This album pairs two chamber works by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, composed in 1819 and 1824. Musically they sit at the crossroads of late Classical craftsmanship and early Romantic expression, characterised by song-like, lyrical melodies, rich harmonic exploration and striking textural contrasts—one piece foregrounds piano-accompanied, buoyant chamber interplay while the other explores darker, more dramatic string textures and motivic intensity that reflect a mature phase in Schubert's chamber output.

"Trout" Quintet / "Death and the Maiden" Quartet by Schubert - album cover

First released: 4th July 2012

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1.
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 - "The Trout": I. Allegro vivace
13:34
2.
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 - "The Trout": II. Andante
7:15
3.
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 - "The Trout": III. Scherzo [Presto]
4:13
4.
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 - "The Trout": IV. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto
7:42
5.
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 - "The Trout": V. Finale [Allegro giusto]
6:48
6.
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810 - "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
15:27
7.
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810 - "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
14:16
8.
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810 - "Death and the Maiden": III. Scherzo [Allegro molto]
3:30
9.
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810 - "Death and the Maiden": IV. Presto
8:32