"Forellenquintett" ("Trout" quintet, "La truite")

Album by Franz Schubert & Amadeus Quartet & Emil Gilels & Rainer Zepperitz

The Piano Quintet in A major, D.667, by Franz Schubert is a chamber work composed in 1819. Scored for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass, it blends song-like melodies and rich instrumental colour with a theme-and-variations movement derived from an earlier song, and it represents an inventive example of Schubert's chamber writing that influenced piano quintet scoring in the early 19th century.
First released: 1976

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): I. Allegro vivace
    13:36
  2. 2.
    Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): II. Andante
    7:17
  3. 3.
    Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): III. Scherzo. Presto
    4:02
  4. 4.
    Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): IV. Thema. Andantino - Variazioni 1-5 - Allegretto
    8:00
  5. 5.
    Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): V. Finale. Allegro giusto
    6:26
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 12 in C minor ("Quartettsatz"), D. 703
    6:01

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