Martin Helmchen - Schubert: Quintet “The Trout”, Variations on “Trokne Blumen” (2009)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 69:05 | 313 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: PentaTone classics | Catalog: PTC 5186 334
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 69:05 | 313 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: PentaTone classics | Catalog: PTC 5186 334
Yes, it sounds crazy to make yet another recording of Schubert's Trout Quintet a "reference recording", particularly given the number of really good ones already in circulation. Never mind. There is no finer performance available, and certainly none better recorded: gorgeous, perfectly natural sound whether in regular stereo or SACD surround-sound. So what makes this performance so special? First, and speaking generally, this has got to be one of the most shapely, elegant, and effortlessly flowing versions ever committed to disc.