SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet - CRAMER: Piano Quintet Op. 79 [CD de audio] Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet and Schubert, Cramer

The Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet plays on historical instruments. The ensemble is dedicated to the music that made instruments and works famous through their special combination, such as Schubert's Trout Quintet. This famous piece - the sensitive landmark of its genre - was preceded by some similar works, and compositions by Hummel (after whom the ensemble is named) and Cramer followed. 'Glorioso Cramer' was an artist celebrated in the then musical life and high society of the first decades of the 19th century. The Cramer Piano Quintet was created in 1832, five years after the death of Schubert, and the legendary bassist Domenico Dragonetti participated in his first performance. The generous urban writing reflects the setting of the composition, as it was in Upper Austria with the 'Trout Quintet', where the piece was created in the small town of Steyr on the Danube. More information - new recordings on historic instruments - the only available recording of the Cramer Quintet - detailed booklet text by Riko Fukuda (violinist of the Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet)