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Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828)
Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op.
114 "Trout" (1819) [35:02]
Adagio and Rondo Concertante for Piano and Strings
in F major, D 487 (1816) [13:31]
 Karl Suske (violin);
Dietmar Hallmann (viola); Jürnjakob Timm (cello); Rainer Hucke (double
bass); Peter Rösel (piano)
rec. Berlin, 1987?
BERLIN CLASSICS
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This Trout has a pretty individual sound. It is very intimate
yet with the piano at times appearing to be set back in the audio
picture. The whole feel of what you hear is honeyed both as an
audio image and in the interpretative decisions taken by the players.
This does not mean that the players dawdle or that this is saccharine-sweet.
On the contrary this is sprightly and dignified music-making.
That also applies to the Andante and the Thema mit Variationem
as well as the other three movements.
Rösel – a pupil
of Lev Oborin - is a strong personality surrounded by far from
self-effacing players. His precise yet liquid trills in the
famous fourth movement – the most classical of the five - testify
to this. One feels the chamber-cooperative approach but one
also senses the tension that comes from the individuality of
these seasoned players.
Rösel (b. 1945,
Dresden) is or should be well known not least for his Rachmaninov
concertos. However he recorded very extensively initially during
the days of the DDR. You may also recall his name as the pianist
in Kempe’s EMI Richard Strauss cycle. Karl Suske is in the same
category. Born in Liberec in 1934, he is a much-revered teacher
having been a professor at Weimar College 1975-1987. He founded
the too-often overlooked Suske Quartet in 1965. Their recordings
of Mozart and Beethoven should always be in the catalogue as
should Suske’s recordings of the Beethoven violin sonatas with
Walter Olbertz. Time all of these were reviewed here.
This is a very satisfying,
centred, gracious and life-enhancing Trout Quintet. Sample
the start of the final movement if you need a clear indicator.
There is a substantial bonus in the shape of the similarly serene
Adagio and Rondo Concertante. By the way for those allergic
to such things there are no intakes of breath or other sounds
to distract. This marks it out from many a celebrity competition.
The only date on
the package is 1987. All in all it’s a very pleasing disc at
bargain basement price and with absolutely no annotation at
all.
Rob Barnett
Links to other reviews of Peter Rösel discs:
Brahms 2 Antes
Weber
piano concertos
Stravinsky
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