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Article: Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, "The Trout".(Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A)(Sound Recording Review)
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- January 1, 2004
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Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A The Beaux Arts Trio (augmented) and the Grumiaux Quartet (augmented). PentaTone Classics 5186 121.
Schubert's "Trout" was probably the first piece of chamber music I ever feel in love with, but until the appearance of the Beaux Arts' rendition on Philips in the mid seventies, I had never had a particular preference for any one recording. That all changed the first time I listened to this sublime performance and then listened to it again, and again.
The "Trout" piano quintet was inspired in part by a song of Schubert's, aptly "The Trout," and in part by an earlier quintet by Hummel. Schubert's friend, Albert Stadler, wrote ...