Classics Explained: SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet in A Major, 'Trout' (Siepmann)

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Schubert, Franz, Composer.

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2002.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction, origins ( 01 min., 39 sec. ) / Schubert

Imagery, analogy and the shape of the things to come; the opening flourish ( 01 min., 50 sec. ) / Schubert

The unusual presence of the double-bass ( 54 sec. ) / Schubert

A palette of tone colours and the emergence of a theme ( 47 sec. ) / Schubert

Trouble getting off the ground, but the key is not in doubt. ( 49 sec. ) / Schubert

Jumping the queue: Schubert takes a lesson from Mozart. ( 01 min., 33 sec. ) / Schubert

Mozart demonstrates a traditional transition. ( 33 sec. ) / Schubert

Destination clarified ( 07 sec. ) / Schubert

Mozart confirms our arrival. ( 08 sec. ) / Schubert

A Schubertian shocker from a later work ( 52 sec. ) / Schubert

Rejoining the 'Trout', with a reminder ( 27 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano joins the strings with yet a third variant of the theme. ( 31 sec. ) / Schubert

A rhythmic motto: the 'triplet motif' ( 01 min., 26 sec. ) / Schubert

We get it here. ( 17 sec. ) / Schubert

We get it there. ( 17 sec. ) / Schubert

We find it everywhere, even in the double-bass. ( 27 sec. ) / Schubert

The strings' answer to the piano's opening flourish ( 36 sec. ) / Schubert

The two-part structure of the 'answering motif'... ( 24 sec. ) / Schubert

...but scarcely ever the same way twice ( 34 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano and strings now share the material for the first time. ( 42 sec. ) / Schubert

Conversation as the first principle of chamber music ( 43 sec. ) / Schubert

Opening (introductory) section heard complete ( 01 min., 01 sec. ) / Schubert

The violin and double-bass in partnership ( 01 min., 16 sec. ) / Schubert

The violin and piano swap roles. ( 59 sec. ) / Schubert

Transition to second main theme; triplets now everywhere ( 01 min., 12 sec. ) / Schubert

On the threshold of the new theme ( 30 sec. ) / Schubert

Second main theme (a 'love duet'), shared by cello and viola ( 01 min., 24 sec. ) / Schubert

The abandonment of octaves in the piano changes the tone colour. ( 01 min., 07 sec. ) / Schubert

A surprising change of tone and a premonition ( 39 sec. ) / Schubert

A return to lyricism, but the cello jumps the gun ( 37 sec. ) / Schubert

A buoyant, skipping new theme is given to the solo piano. ( 36 sec. ) / Schubert

Re-entry of the strings as the violin takes up the new theme ( 25 sec. ) / Schubert

A transitional theme, and another Schubertian key-jump ( 01 min., 33 sec. ) / Schubert

We sense the imminent arrival of the closing theme. ( 01 min., 31 sec. ) / Schubert

A sudden, hushed key-change introduces part two of the closing theme. ( 40 sec. ) / Schubert

The exposition comes to an end. ( 32 sec. ) / Schubert

Cue to complete exposition ( 06 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: exposition complete ( 04 min., 09 sec. ) / Schubert

Introduction to the development; the genetic code of 'key' ( 07 min., 20 sec. ) / Schubert

The contrasting aural properties of piano and violin ( 01 min., 03 sec. ) / Schubert

The ponderous double-bass is featured in the first main theme ( 49 sec. ) / Schubert

The strings are liberated from servitude, but are a long way from home. ( 42 sec. ) / Schubert

A joyful conversation and a change of pace in the piano ( 01 min., 06 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano takes the melodic lead again. ( 31 sec. ) / Schubert

A conversation between violin and piano leads to the exposition... ( 01 min., 20 sec. ) / Schubert

...but Schubert gets it 'wrong'. ( 01 min., 35 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: first movement (complete) ( 09 min., 09 sec. ) / Schubert

Introduction to second movement ( 01 min., 53 sec. ) / Schubert

The violin now takes theme one. ( 29 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano regains the theme. ( 42 sec. ) / Schubert

The violin and piano round off first section with the new 'closing' theme. ( 35 sec. ) / Schubert

A Major change of tone: a passing cloud and a dark new key ( 01 min., 19 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano abandons its octaves, but not its triplets, in the new 'Hungarian' theme. ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Schubert

The sun returns with a new theme, in two contrasting parts. ( 01 min., 21 sec. ) / Schubert

An evaporating dialogue between violin and piano ( 58 sec. ) / Schubert

A Major mood change as twilight falls ( 01 min., 12 sec. ) / Schubert

Cue to whole movement ( 33 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: second movement (complete) ( 07 min., 30 sec. ) / Schubert

Introduction to the Scherzo - and a clear four-bar phrase... ( 01 min., 37 sec. ) / Schubert

...'answered' by two two-bar phrases ( 21 sec. ) / Schubert

A disconcerting 'echo' ( 01 min., 02 sec. ) / Schubert

Expectation, frustration and surprise ( 27 sec. ) / Schubert

The phrase length exands from nine to fourteen bars ( 36 sec. ) / Schubert

The beginning of the second half... ( 01 min., 07 sec. ) / Schubert

...or should it go from G Minor to D Major? ( 08 sec. ) / Schubert

Doubts are sown as the tonality becomes elusive. ( 48 sec. ) / Schubert

A varied reprise of part one, and the end of the Scherzo proper ( 33 sec. ) / Schubert

A conversational start to the Trio section ( 40 sec. ) / Schubert

Another Schubertian phrase extension ( 25 sec. ) / Schubert

Two overlapping phrases add up to a single theme. ( 22 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano adds a third phrase to the overlap. ( 32 sec. ) / Schubert

The overlaps continue as the key drifts downwads ( 36 sec. ) / Schubert

Another Schubertian key-jump, now to B flat ( 45 sec. ) / Schubert

A dramatic transformation of mood ( 52 sec. ) / Schubert

Awakening from a dream: the main theme's return ( 51 sec. ) / Schubert

Cue to complete Scherzo ( 11 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: third movement (complete) ( 03 min., 52 sec. ) / Schubert

Enter the trout, at last; a meeting with the original ( 30 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: 'Die Forelle' ( 01 min., 59 sec. ) / Schubert

Back to the Quintet: the strings, headed by the violin, introduce the theme. ( 01 min., 24 sec. ) / Schubert

The first variation ( 01 min., 41 sec. ) / Schubert

The second variation ( 01 min., 14 sec. ) / Schubert

The third variation ( 01 min., 20 sec. ) / Schubert

The fourth variation, part one ( 01 min., 33 sec. ) / Schubert

The fourth variation, part two ( 57 sec. ) / Schubert

The fifth variation ( 02 min., 45 sec. ) / Schubert

The final variation, part one: violin and piano alone introduce the theme ( 31 sec. ) / Schubert

The final variation, part two: the cello takes the tune. ( 25 sec. ) / Schubert

The final variation, part three: piano and violin return as a duo... ( 25 sec. ) / Schubert

The final variation, part four: ...as do the viola and cello. ( 17 sec. ) / Schubert

The final variation, part five: the entire ensemble is reunited. ( 39 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: fourth movement (complete) ( 07 min., 09 sec. ) / Schubert

Introduction to the finale: Schubert as wizard of repetition ( 02 min., 17 sec. ) / Schubert

Easily overlooked: the accompaniment from cello and double-bass ( 36 sec. ) / Schubert

Contrasts of timbre and register ( 59 sec. ) / Schubert

A repetition, and yet not a repetition ( 07 sec. ) / Schubert

A journey begun; the phenomenon of musical gravity ( 22 sec. ) / Schubert

The journey completed ( 16 sec. ) / Schubert

The source of musical gravity ( 22 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: saint-saens - The Carnival of the Animals 'The Pianists' ( 28 sec. ) / Schubert

A scale of shifting tensions ( 49 sec. ) / Schubert

Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 (Finale) ( 37 sec. ) / Schubert

Back to Schubert ( 39 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano embellishes a scalewise descent. ( 18 sec. ) / Schubert

A retrospective moment ( 33 sec. ) / Schubert

Repetition more apparent then real ( 01 min., 02 sec. ) / Schubert

A taste of phrase rhythm ( 01 minutes, 26 sec. ) / Schubert

Shifting patterns of accentuation ( 27 sec. ) / Schubert

The section reviewed ( 15 sec. ) / Schubert

An increasingly sophisticated texture as parts interact ( 46 sec. ) / Schubert

More phrase rhythm ( 29 sec. ) / Schubert

A repetition from the strings... ( 11 sec. ) / Schubert

...and an answer from the piano ( 13 sec. ) / Schubert

In transition to the secondary key ( 51 sec. ) / Schubert

The origin of the second theme ( 19 sec. ) / Schubert

The second main theme ( 38 sec. ) / Schubert

The closing section begins, with a question answered.

( 42 sec. ) / Schubert

The question repeated, a slightly differnet answer ( 28 sec. ) / Schubert

First theme of closing section reviewed ( 59 sec. ) / Schubert

Remembrance of things past ( 28 sec. ) / Schubert

The piano and strings argue over the harmony. ( 01 min., 13 sec. ) / Schubert

Emergence of the final theme ( 24 sec. ) / Schubert

An unexpected thunderstorm ( 51 sec. ) / Schubert

The sound of silence ( 01 min., 29 sec. ) / Schubert

Cue to complete Finale ( 01 min. ) / Schubert

Music: Finale (Complete) ( 06 minutes, 47 sec. ) / Schubert

Participant:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Artist -- Schubert, Franz, Composer

Notes:

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Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

0636943807521

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