Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout" (Recorded Live / Enregistrement Live)

Featuring

Delphine Bardin
Yossif Ivanov
Béatrice Muthelet
Ophélie Gaillard
Stéphane Logerot
Franz Schubert

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Historical Context

Schubert's music was primarily heard within his close circle of friends and family at gatherings known as 'Schubertiades'.

Composition History

The Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 114, known as 'The Trout', was composed in 1819 at the request of Sylverster Paumgartner, a wealthy music patron and amateur cellist.

Compositional Technique

The title 'The Trout' for the Piano Quintet refers to its fourth movement, which is a set of variations on Schubert's earlier song of the same name.

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert, one of the most brilliant composers of all time, received little public attention during his lifetime.

Instruments

Ophélie Gaillard plays a cello made by Francesco Goffriller in 1737, generously loaned to her by CIC, and also a Flemish violoncello piccolo.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert brought the lied genre to its peak, composing over six hundred such pieces and creating a perfect fusion between the voice and the piano.

Performer Biography

Ophélie Gaillard, the cellist on this album, was voted 'Revelation: Solo Instrumentalist of the Year' at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2003.