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Schubert: Trout Quintet / Schiff, Hagen Quartet, Posch


Release Date: 10/09/2009 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 411975   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Franz Schubert
Performer:  András Schiff,  Alois Posch,  Lukas Hagen,  Veronika Hagen,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hagen String Quartet
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 44 Mins. 

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I have no detailed information about the Hagens but understand they come from Vienna. Andras Schiff has become known this decade for playing Bach on the piano with a quite individual luminous touch; it is well suited to Schubert too. Like Ingrid Haebler (Philips), he seeks to charm in this quintet without dominating the balance or emphasizing his technique... I like the simplicity of Schiff's approach early on in the variations, but in Var. 2 the viola, which has the tune, tends to be eclipsed by the cello... Schiff is alone in making the long repeat in the finale, and his playing is a joy...

-- Gramophone [2/1985, reviewing the original LP release]

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I have little to add Read more to what I wrote about this performance in February. It has, I think, a shade more clarity on CD which means that it is very good indeed, and the playing has an irresistible freshness and charm. A photograph of the three members of the Hagen Quartet who are involved here makes them all look about 20 and as charming as their playing.

-- Gramophone [4/1985]
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Works on This Recording

1. Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op. 114 "Trout" by Franz Schubert
Performer:  András Schiff (Piano), Alois Posch (Double Bass), Lukas Hagen (Violin),
Veronika Hagen (Viola), Clemens Hagen (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hagen String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1819; Vienna, Austria 
 Length: 44 Minutes 0 Secs. 

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