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

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Jeremy Siepmann 9/20/2002

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  1. # Track Artist Length
  2. 1 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction, origins Jeremy Siepmann 1:39
  3. 2 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Imagery, analogy and the shape of the things to come; the opening flourish Jeremy Siepmann 1:50
  4. 3 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The unusual presence of the double-bass Jeremy Siepmann 0:54
  5. 4 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A palette of tone colours and the emergence of a theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:47
  6. 5 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Trouble getting off the ground, but the key is not in doubt. Jeremy Siepmann 0:49
  7. 6 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Jumping the queue: Schubert takes a lesson from Mozart. Jeremy Siepmann 1:33
  8. 7 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Mozart demonstrates a traditional transition. Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  9. 8 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Destination clarified Jeremy Siepmann 0:7
  10. 9 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Mozart confirms our arrival. Jeremy Siepmann 0:8
  11. 10 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A Schubertian shocker from a later work Jeremy Siepmann 0:52
  12. 11 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Rejoining the 'Trout', with a reminder Jeremy Siepmann 0:27
  13. 12 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano joins the strings with yet a third variant of the theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:31
  14. 13 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A rhythmic motto: the 'triplet motif' Jeremy Siepmann 1:26
  15. 14 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We get it here. Jeremy Siepmann 0:17
  16. 16 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We find it everywhere, even in the double-bass. Jeremy Siepmann 0:27
  17. 17 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The strings' answer to the piano's opening flourish Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  18. 18 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The two-part structure of the 'answering motif'... Jeremy Siepmann 0:24
  19. 19 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...but scarcely ever the same way twice Jeremy Siepmann 0:34
  20. 20 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano and strings now share the material for the first time. Jeremy Siepmann 0:42
  21. 21 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Conversation as the first principle of chamber music Jeremy Siepmann 0:43
  22. 22 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Opening (introductory) section heard complete Jeremy Siepmann 1:1
  23. 23 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and double-bass in partnership Jeremy Siepmann 1:16
  24. 24 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and piano swap roles. Jeremy Siepmann 0:59
  25. 25 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Transition to second main theme; triplets now everywhere Jeremy Siepmann 1:12
  26. 26 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": On the threshold of the new theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:30
  27. 27 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Second main theme (a 'love duet'), shared by cello and viola Jeremy Siepmann 1:24
  28. 28 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The abandonment of octaves in the piano changes the tone colour. Jeremy Siepmann 1:7
  29. 29 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A surprising change of tone and a premonition Jeremy Siepmann 0:39
  30. 30 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A return to lyricism, but the cello jumps the gun Jeremy Siepmann 0:37
  31. 31 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A buoyant, skipping new theme is given to the solo piano. Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  32. 32 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Re-entry of the strings as the violin takes up the new theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:25
  33. 33 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A transitional theme, and another Schubertian key-jump Jeremy Siepmann 1:33
  34. 34 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We sense the imminent arrival of the closing theme. Jeremy Siepmann 1:31
  35. 35 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A sudden, hushed key-change introduces part two of the closing theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:40
  36. 36 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The exposition comes to an end. Jeremy Siepmann 0:32
  37. 37 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to complete exposition Jeremy Siepmann 0:6
  38. 38 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: exposition complete Jeremy Siepmann 4:9
  39. 39 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the development; the genetic code of 'key' Jeremy Siepmann 7:20
  40. 40 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The contrasting aural properties of piano and violin Jeremy Siepmann 1:3
  41. 41 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The ponderous double-bass is featured in the first main theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:49
  42. 42 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The strings are liberated from servitude, but are a long way from home. Jeremy Siepmann 0:42
  43. 43 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A joyful conversation and a change of pace in the piano Jeremy Siepmann 1:6
  44. 44 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano takes the melodic lead again. Jeremy Siepmann 0:31
  45. 45 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A conversation between violin and piano leads to the exposition... Jeremy Siepmann 1:20
  46. 46 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...but Schubert gets it 'wrong'. Jeremy Siepmann 1:35
  47. 47 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: first movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 9:9
  48. 48 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to second movement Jeremy Siepmann 1:53
  49. 49 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin now takes theme one. Jeremy Siepmann 0:29
  50. 50 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout" - The piano regains the theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:42
  51. 51 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and piano round off first section with the new 'closing' theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:35
  52. 52 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A major change of tone: a passing cloud and a dark new key Jeremy Siepmann 1:19
  53. 53 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano abandons its octaves, but not its triplets, in the new 'Hungarian' theme. Jeremy Siepmann 1:28
  54. 54 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The sun returns with a new theme, in two contrasting parts. Jeremy Siepmann 1:21
  55. 55 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An evaporating dialogue between violin and piano Jeremy Siepmann 0:58
  56. 56 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A major mood change as twilight falls Jeremy Siepmann 1:12
  57. 57 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to whole movement Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  58. 58 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: second movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 7:30
  59. 1 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the Scherzo - and a clear four-bar phrase... Jeremy Siepmann 1:37
  60. 2 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...'answered' by two two-bar phrases Jeremy Siepmann 0:21
  61. 3 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A disconcerting 'echo' Jeremy Siepmann 1:2
  62. 4 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Expectation, frustration and surprise Jeremy Siepmann 0:27
  63. 5 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The phrase length exands from nine to fourteen bars Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  64. 6 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The beginning of the second half... Jeremy Siepmann 1:7
  65. 7 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...or should it go from G minor to D major? Jeremy Siepmann 0:8
  66. 8 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Doubts are sown as the tonality becomes elusive. Jeremy Siepmann 0:48
  67. 9 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A varied reprise of part one, and the end of the Scherzo proper Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  68. 10 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A conversational start to the Trio section Jeremy Siepmann 0:40
  69. 11 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Another Schubertian phrase extension Jeremy Siepmann 0:25
  70. 12 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Two overlapping phrases add up to a single theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:22
  71. 13 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano adds a third phrase to the overlap. Jeremy Siepmann 0:32
  72. 14 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The overlaps continue as the key drifts downwads Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  73. 15 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Another Schubertian key-jump, now to B flat Jeremy Siepmann 0:45
  74. 16 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A dramatic transformation of mood Jeremy Siepmann 0:52
  75. 17 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Awakening from a dream: the main theme's return Jeremy Siepmann 0:51
  76. 19 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: third movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 3:52
  77. 20 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Enter the trout, at last; a meeting with the original Jeremy Siepmann 0:30
  78. 22 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Back to the Quintet: the strings, headed by the violin, introduce the theme. Jeremy Siepmann 1:24
  79. 23 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The first variation Jeremy Siepmann 1:41
  80. 24 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The second variation Jeremy Siepmann 1:14
  81. 26 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fourth variation, part one Jeremy Siepmann 1:33
  82. 27 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fourth variation, part two Jeremy Siepmann 0:57
  83. 28 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fifth variation Jeremy Siepmann 2:45
  84. 29 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part one: violin and piano alone introduce the theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:31
  85. 30 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part two: the cello takes the tune. Jeremy Siepmann 0:25
  86. 31 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part three: piano and violin return as a duo... Jeremy Siepmann 0:25
  87. 32 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part four: ...as do the viola and cello. Jeremy Siepmann 0:17
  88. 33 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part five: the entire ensemble is reunited. Jeremy Siepmann 0:39
  89. 34 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: fourth movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 7:9
  90. 35 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the finale: Schubert as wizard of repetition Jeremy Siepmann 2:17
  91. 36 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Easily overlooked: the accompaniment from cello and double-bass Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  92. 37 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Contrasts of timbre and register Jeremy Siepmann 0:59
  93. 38 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A repetition, and yet not a repetition Jeremy Siepmann 0:7
  94. 39 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A journey begun; the phenomenon of musical gravity Jeremy Siepmann 0:22
  95. 40 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The journey completed Jeremy Siepmann 0:16
  96. 41 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The source of musical gravity Jeremy Siepmann 0:22
  97. 42 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: saint-saens - The Carnival of the Animals 'The Pianists' Jeremy Siepmann 0:28
  98. 43 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A scale of shifting tensions Jeremy Siepmann 0:49
  99. 44 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 (Finale) Jeremy Siepmann 0:37
  100. 45 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Back to Schubert Jeremy Siepmann 0:39
  101. 46 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano embellishes a scalewise descent. Jeremy Siepmann 0:18
  102. 47 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A retrospective moment Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  103. 48 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Repetition more apparent then real Jeremy Siepmann 1:2
  104. 49 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A taste of phrase rhythm Jeremy Siepmann 1:26
  105. 50 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Shifting patterns of accentuation Jeremy Siepmann 0:27
  106. 51 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The section reviewed Jeremy Siepmann 0:15
  107. 52 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An increasingly sophisticated texture as parts interact Jeremy Siepmann 0:46
  108. 53 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": More phrase rhythm Jeremy Siepmann 0:29
  109. 54 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A repetition from the strings... Jeremy Siepmann 0:11
  110. 55 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...and an answer from the piano Jeremy Siepmann 0:13
  111. 56 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": In transition to the secondary key Jeremy Siepmann 0:51
  112. 57 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The origin of the second theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:19
  113. 58 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The second main theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:38
  114. 59 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The closing section begins, with a question answered. Jeremy Siepmann 0:42
  115. 60 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The question repeated, a slightly differnet answer Jeremy Siepmann 0:28
  116. 61 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": First theme of closing section reviewed Jeremy Siepmann 0:59
  117. 62 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Remembrance of things past Jeremy Siepmann 0:28
  118. 63 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano and strings argue over the harmony. Jeremy Siepmann 1:13
  119. 64 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Emergence of the final theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:24
  120. 65 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An unexpected thunderstorm Jeremy Siepmann 0:51
  121. 66 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The sound of silence Jeremy Siepmann 1:29
  122. 67 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to complete Finale Jeremy Siepmann 1:0
  123. 68 An Introduction to...SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: Finale (Complete) Jeremy Siepmann 6:47

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