The Music Collection - Hummel: Piano Quintet - Schubert: Piano Quintet "Die Forelle" (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Quintet, Op. 87: I. Allegro e risoluto assai
02. Piano Quintet, Op. 87: II. Minuet. Allegro con fuoco
03. Piano Quintet, Op. 87: III. Largo
04. Piano Quintet, Op. 87: IV. Finale. Allegro agitato
05. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": I. Allegro vivace
06. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": II. Andante
07. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": III. Scherzo. Presto
08. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Thema. Andantino
09. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Variation I
10. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Variation II
11. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Variation III
12. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Variation IV
13. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Variation V
14. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": IV. Allegretto
15. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle": V. Allegro giusto

This new release on the Chaconne label is presented by the leading fortepianist and clavichordist Susan Alexander Max and her ensemble The Music Colllection. World-renowned specialists in the period performance of late eighteenth- / early nineteenth-century music, they bring their expertise to Piano Quintets by Hummel and Schubert. Although otherwise highly contrasting, these works are both notable for their unusual inclusion of the double-bass in place of a second violin, otherwise the traditional piano quintet scoring. Uncertanties surround the composition and publishing dates of the two works and the debate continues as to whether Hummel’s slightly earlier work was the inspiration for Schubert’s ‘Trout’. The Quintet is among Hummel’s finest chamber works and shows Hummel at his best. It is well proportioned and inventive, with a wide range of ideas, both humerous and serious. The writing for the piano reflects Hummel’s own flamboyant virtuosity on the instrument. The last movement of Schubert’s Quintet is a set of variations on the 1817 song Die Forelle (The Trout). The work reveals Schubert’s incomprable lyricism in the relaxed outer movements, but popular dance rhythms and a brisk scherzo create drive and passion.

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