The recording for this album took place in May 2018 at the SWR Studio Kaiserslautern.
Composition History
This album includes five new compositions by European composers, each based on Schubert's 'Trout' theme, commissioned to extend the work's ambivalences into the present.
Interpretation
Pianist Silke Avenhaus, the initiator of this 'Trouts' project, interprets Schubert's Quintet as a mix of lightness and melancholy, appreciating its inherent ambivalence.
Instruments
Rick Stotijn, the double bassist on this recording, plays a Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano double bass, on loan from the Dutch National Musical Instrument Foundation.
Composition History
The 'Trout Quintet' by Franz Schubert was commissioned by Sylvester Paumgartner, a music patron and cellist, who specifically requested the inclusion of the 'charming' trout theme.
Instruments
Danjulo Ishizaka, the cellist on this recording, plays a Stradivarius cello named 'Feuermann' from 1730, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's 'Trout Quintet' features an unusual instrumentation of piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, with the double bass and cello forming a strong bass section.
