Schubert: Trout Quintet; Death and the Maiden

Franz Schubert (Composer), Juilliard String Quartet (Performer), Budapest String Quartet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Juilliard String Quartet, Budapest String Quartet
• Composer: Franz Schubert
• Audio CD (April 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Classical
• ASIN: B000002773
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,870 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Allegro vivace

2. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Andante

3. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Scherzo: Presto

4. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Theme: Andantino

5. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Finale: Allegro giusto

6. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ('Death and the Maiden'), D. 810: Allegro

7. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ('Death and the Maiden'), D. 810: Andante con moto

8. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ('Death and the Maiden'), D. 810: Scherzo & Trio, Allegro molto

9. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ('Death and the Maiden'), D. 810: Presto

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD contains the best Trout I know but by far!, August 7, 2004

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schubert: Trout Quintet; Death and the Maiden (Audio CD)

You can find best versions of the Death and the Maiden . I mean , this performance is good but I recommend for instance two powerful and unforgettable versions . The first of one is from the fifties with the Konzerthaus of Vienna (I got the whole quartets set) and the another remarkable performance is of the Chiringilian Quartet (from the early nineties).

The CD shines just because the Trout . Believe when I say this statement . I have got famous versions as Schiff Hagen Quartet , Richter Borodin Quartet , Gilels Amadeus Quartet , Curzon and Badura Skoda in the fifties . All of them are good but this one is played with such conviction and rapture that it is absolutely impossible to get another better in the market . I know this work since I was a teenager , and may be I have heard this work at least one hundred times. I have always been available to listen all the new versions since the seventies .

Do not seek anymore. This is the greatest!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music, sensitive performances, January 5, 2004

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Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schubert: Trout Quintet; Death and the Maiden (Audio CD)

This CD contains 2 of Schubert's best-loved chamber works. It is bargain-priced, but includes interesting information about the music ... not always the case with cheaper packaged CDs.

A great sampler for the beginning Schubert collector.

10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CREAM ALWAYS COMES TO THE TOP, January 24, 2000

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Harvey L. Gaspar MD (TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schubert: Trout Quintet; Death and the Maiden (Audio CD)

THE "TROUT" IS PARTICULARLY WONDERFUL, WITH ALLTHOSE GOOD THINGS I(WE?) LIKE. ABSOLUTE CLEAR SOUND AND EACHINSTRUMENT WELL DEFINED. ABOVE ALL, IS THE MOVING, EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE. THE BUDAPEST QUARTET AT ITS BEST. "DEATH AND THE MAIDEN" BY THE JULIARD IS EQUALLY WELL RECORDED AND PERFORMED. AS IS OBVIOUS I AM NOT A QUALIFIED CRITIC BUT I DO LISTEN WELL AND APPRECIATE A GOOD THING. HAVE LISTENED TO VARIOUS RECORDINGS OF THESE PIECES FOR 40+ YEARS. RATE THIS ONE 5 STARS. END