Schubert's 'Trout Quintet' was commissioned by Sylvester Paumgartner, an amateur cellist, for his musical evenings in Steyr, Upper Austria.
Performer Biography
Manfred Hecking, the double bassist, has a unique background, having pursued both music and medicine, earning a 'summa cum laude' doctorate in cell adhesion molecules and becoming a senior physician.
Recording & Production
This recording combines Franz Schubert's 'Trout Quintet' with Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Piano Quintet Op. 87, a less known piece.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The performers aimed to recreate the elegant atmosphere of Viennese salons and present the music as a vernacular accessible to all, rather than a virtuoso display.
Performer Biography
Yoko Urata-Fog, the pianist on this recording, won first prize at the Elena Rombro-Stepanow Competition in 1969 and later co-founded the Klavierquintett Wien (Vienna Piano Quintet).
Compositional Technique
Schubert's 'Trout Quintet' features the unusual addition of a double bass, which allowed the cello to have a more prominent role.
Composer Biography
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a composer who embodies the transition from Classical to Romantic periods, was a pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and Antonio Salieri.
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