Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet / Trockne Blumen Variations / Notturno[Hybrid SACD]

Martin Helmchen - Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet / Trockne Blumen Variations / Notturno[Hybrid SACD]

Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet / Trockne Blumen Variations / Notturno[Hybrid SACD]
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Artist: Martin Helmchen
Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert
Performer: Tetzlaff
Performer: Tamestit
Performer: Hecker
Performer: Posch
Performer: Baerten
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Music Label: Pentatone
Soundtracks:
  1. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Allegro vivace
  2. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Andante
  3. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Scherzo - Presto
  4. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Theme (Andantino) - Variations 1
  5. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): Allegro giusto
  6. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Introduction (Andante)
  7. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Theme (Andantino)
  8. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 1
  9. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 2
  10. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 3
  11. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 4
  12. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 5
  13. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 6
  14. Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for flute & piano in E minor, D. 802 (Op. posth. 160): Variation 7
  15. Piano Trio in E flat major ('Nocturne') (Adagio only), D. 897 (Op. posth. 148)

Music reviews of Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet / Trockne Blumen Variations / Notturno[Hybrid SACD]

Music Review: Enter Martin Helmchen, Chamber Musician
Rating: 4 Stars

The most interesting thing about this CD which contains three chamber works by Schubert is the presence of a young -- now twenty-seven years old -- German pianist of impressive talent, Martin Helmchen. He has recorded a few things in the past, most notably a Schubert disc with the Moments Musicaux and the A Major Sonata, D.959, Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D 959; 6 Moment Musicaux [SACD] but this is, as far as I know, his first chamber music disc, and he is most impressive as a musical collaborator. He is joined by a distinguished group of instrumentalists -- Christian Tetzlaff, a magnificent violinist in the Gidon Kremer mold; Antoine Tamestit, an emerging violist; Marie-Elizabeth Hecker, a fine cellist; Adolph Posch, one of Europe's finest double-bassists; and for the 'Trockne Blumen' variations, Aldo Baerten, playing a wooden flute. It is because of the latter selection that I've downrated this disc to four stars, largely because the Variations are themselves not among Schubert's greatest inspirations and because the sound of Baerten's wooden Braun flute has, for me, an ungrateful sound.

But the other two selections, both the great 'Trout' Quintet and the equally great 'Notturno', D.897, are given marvelous readings. I am particularly impressed with how Helmchen is able to be both leader and collaborator in these great works. His pianissimo is delicious, and he has the right, light touch for such things as the filigree in the Variations as well as in the finale of the 'Trout'. The recording engineers have given his instrument just the right balance against other instruments.

The Notturno in E flat, Op. Posth. 148, D. 897 was possibly written originally for the B Flat Piano Trio, D. 898, Op. 99, and then rejected. It has been an orphan ever since and probably has not had the kind of concert life it might otherwise have had as part of a larger work. And that's a shame, because it is cut from the same cloth as the great Adagio of the C Major String Quintet: a glorious melody sings throughout with breath-stopping hypnotic beauty.

The Trout Quintet, of course, needs no elaboration here. Of particular note is that the fourth movement, the one based on Schubert's song, 'Die Forelle', is not played as a romp but as a serious, even somewhat subdued, movement, which is precisely what the text of 'Die Forelle' -- which outlines the sad fate of the trout -- requires. This is an exquisite performance. The performance of the whole Quintet is one of the best in modern sound, and of course in Pentatone's impressive SACD technology it is spectacular.

Heartily recommended for the Quintet and the Notturno, but not for the 'Trockne Blumen' Variations.

Scott Morrison
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