Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ("The Trout")
8/9/2024, 5 Tracks, 38:16
Featuring
Robert Gibbs
Daisy Spiers
Bozidar Vukotic
Vera Pereira
Jonathan Higgins
Franz Schubert
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Performer Biography
John Boyden, in whose memory this album is produced, was a British music industry executive and producer who founded Classics for Pleasure, selling four million classical recordings in four years.
Performer Biography
John Boyden's father, Frank Boyden, was a trumpeter in the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recording & Production
This digital release is a companion to "John Boyden, A Celebration" and features a new recording of Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 ('Die Forelle/The Trout').
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Boyden believed in a freer guide to tempo, suggesting that tempo should follow the human pulse and the journey of the music, rather than the tyranny of the metronome.
Performer Biography
John Boyden was the first Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra during a turbulent period in its history.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Boyden advocated for concert hall designs based on the classic Double Cube or Shoebox, opposing the fashionable Vineyard design.
Interpretation
John Boyden founded the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, which performs on this album, with the aim of recreating performance styles of the early twentieth century.
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