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

Jeremy Siepmann

126 CANCIONES • 2 HORAS Y 23 MINUTOS • DEC 20 2002

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction, origins

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Imagery, analogy and the shape of the things to come; the opening flourish

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The unusual presence of the double-bass

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A palette of tone colours and the emergence of a theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Trouble getting off the ground, but the key is not in doubt.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Jumping the queue: Schubert takes a lesson from Mozart.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Mozart demonstrates a traditional transition.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Destination clarified

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Mozart confirms our arrival.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A Schubertian shocker from a later work

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Rejoining the 'Trout', with a reminder

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano joins the strings with yet a third variant of the theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A rhythmic motto: the 'triplet motif'

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We get it here.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We get it there.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We find it everywhere, even in the double-bass.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The strings' answer to the piano's opening flourish

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The two-part structure of the 'answering motif'...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...but scarcely ever the same way twice

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano and strings now share the material for the first time.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Conversation as the first principle of chamber music

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Opening (introductory) section heard complete

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and double-bass in partnership

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and piano swap roles.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Transition to second main theme; triplets now everywhere

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": On the threshold of the new theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Second main theme (a 'love duet'), shared by cello and viola

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The abandonment of octaves in the piano changes the tone colour.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A surprising change of tone and a premonition

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A return to lyricism, but the cello jumps the gun

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A buoyant, skipping new theme is given to the solo piano.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Re-entry of the strings as the violin takes up the new theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A transitional theme, and another Schubertian key-jump

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": We sense the imminent arrival of the closing theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A sudden, hushed key-change introduces part two of the closing theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The exposition comes to an end.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to complete exposition

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: exposition complete

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the development; the genetic code of 'key'

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The contrasting aural properties of piano and violin

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The ponderous double-bass is featured in the first main theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The strings are liberated from servitude, but are a long way from home.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A joyful conversation and a change of pace in the piano

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano takes the melodic lead again.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A conversation between violin and piano leads to the exposition...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...but Schubert gets it 'wrong'.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: first movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to second movement

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin now takes theme one.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano regains the theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The violin and piano round off first section with the new 'closing' theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A major change of tone: a passing cloud and a dark new key

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano abandons its octaves, but not its triplets, in the new 'Hungarian' theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The sun returns with a new theme, in two contrasting parts.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An evaporating dialogue between violin and piano

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A major mood change as twilight falls

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to whole movement

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: second movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the Scherzo - and a clear four-bar phrase...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...'answered' by two two-bar phrases

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A disconcerting 'echo'

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Expectation, frustration and surprise

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The phrase length exands from nine to fourteen bars

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The beginning of the second half...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...or should it go from G minor to D major?

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Doubts are sown as the tonality becomes elusive.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A varied reprise of part one, and the end of the Scherzo proper

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A conversational start to the Trio section

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Another Schubertian phrase extension

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Two overlapping phrases add up to a single theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano adds a third phrase to the overlap.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The overlaps continue as the key drifts downwads

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Another Schubertian key-jump, now to B flat

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A dramatic transformation of mood

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Awakening from a dream: the main theme's return

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to complete Scherzo

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: third movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Enter the trout, at last; a meeting with the original

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: 'Die Forelle'

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Back to the Quintet: the strings, headed by the violin, introduce the theme.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The first variation

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The second variation

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The third variation

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fourth variation, part one

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fourth variation, part two

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The fifth variation

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part one: violin and piano alone introduce the theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part two: the cello takes the tune.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part three: piano and violin return as a duo...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part four: ...as do the viola and cello.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The final variation, part five: the entire ensemble is reunited.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: fourth movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Introduction to the finale: Schubert as wizard of repetition

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Easily overlooked: the accompaniment from cello and double-bass

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Contrasts of timbre and register

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A repetition, and yet not a repetition

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A journey begun; the phenomenon of musical gravity

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The journey completed

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The source of musical gravity

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: saint-saens - The Carnival of the Animals 'The Pianists'

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A scale of shifting tensions

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 (Finale)

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Back to Schubert

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano embellishes a scalewise descent.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A retrospective moment

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Repetition more apparent then real

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A taste of phrase rhythm

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Shifting patterns of accentuation

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The section reviewed

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An increasingly sophisticated texture as parts interact

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": More phrase rhythm

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": A repetition from the strings...

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": ...and an answer from the piano

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": In transition to the secondary key

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The origin of the second theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The second main theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The closing section begins, with a question answered.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The question repeated, a slightly differnet answer

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": First theme of closing section reviewed

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Remembrance of things past

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The piano and strings argue over the harmony.

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Emergence of the final theme

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": An unexpected thunderstorm

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": The sound of silence

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Cue to complete Finale

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An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout": Music: Finale (Complete)

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