Schubert: Piano Quintet, D. 667 The Trout & Fantasy in C Major, D. 934 Nathanaël Gouin, Guillaume Chilemme, Marie Chilemme, Astrig Siranossian, Émilie Legrand

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout":
• 1 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": I. Allegro vivace 12:58
• 2 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": II. Andante 06:53
• 3 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": III. Scherzo (Presto) 04:10
• 4 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": IV. Tema con variazione (Andantino) 07:31
• 5 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": V. Finale (Allegro giusto) 06:43
• Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934:
• 6 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: I. Andante molto 03:25
• 7 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: II. Allegretto 05:29
• 8 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: III. Andantino 11:09
• 9 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: IV. Allegro vivace 04:47
• Total Runtime 01:03:05

Info for Schubert: Piano Quintet, D. 667 The Trout & Fantasy in C Major, D. 934

The violinist Guillaume Chilemme and the pianist Nathanaël Gouin have imagined a schubertian sunny program. If the Viennese composer usually touches us with the tragic echoes of his language, here, though, he delights us with the vital and smiling energy.

The album opens on a musical meeting with friends, exactly like the one that preceded the composition of the Quintet in A major. Nicknamed “The Trout”, the work indeed picks up its fourth movement’s melody to the eponymous lied. This score is not a traditional quintet for piano and string quartet but for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. It creates a summer climate that doesn’t fade afterwards.

In fact, the program then becomes more intimate with the Fantasia for violin and piano in C major. The same pleasant atmosphere bathed in sun emerges. Here again, the instruments draw their lyricism from the inexhaustible voice of Schubert, Lied’s father.

The wanderings of Schubert's inspiration pass through the paths of fantasy – the German Phantasie refers to the realm of imagination and dream – and meet those of friendship in music. A territory where Guillaume Chilemme, Nathanaël Gouin and their guests give free rein to the inventions of their complicity.

"The quality of interplay between them is admirable but, in playing to each other rather than to the back rows, the effect is one of reticence, almost self-effacement…[in the Fantasie] the microphones move in to capture the detail they mine from this miniature masterpiece…Chilemme’s tone sweet with a touch of graininess." (Gramophone Magazine)

Guillaume Chilemme, violin
Nathanaël Gouin, piano
Marie Chilemme, alto
Astrid Siranossian, cello
Émilie Legrand, double bass

Guillaume Chilemme
is one of the most promising violinists of his generation. He won first prize at the 2010 Swedish International Duo Competition with pianist Nathanaël Gouin and third prize and the special prize of the students of the Paris Conservatoire at the 2010 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition.

Born in 1987, he began playing the violin at the age of three. In 2010, having studied the violin and chamber music with Boris Garlitsky and Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Paris Conservatoire, he went on to study with Stephan Picard and Eckart Runge of the Artemis Quartet in Berlin and with David Grimal in Saarbrücken.

He is passionate about the string quartet repertoire and founded the Cavatine Quartet with Marie Chilemme, Matthieu Handtschoewercker and Bruno Delepelaire, winning two prizes at the International Chamber Music Competition in Hamburg. In August 2013 the Quartet won second prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. He also plays regularly with pianist Nathanaël Gouin and their first recording features sonatas by Maurice Ravel and Marguerite Canal.

Guillaume Chilemme appears regularly at festivals such as La Folle Journée in Nantes and in Tokyo, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Julita Festival in Sweden, La Roque d’Anthéron, the Festival des Arcs and the Easter Festival in Deauville. He performs alongside musicians such as Frank Braley, Edgar Moreau, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Paul Meyer and Emmanuel Pahud.

Other recent performances include Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tugan Sokhiev. He performs with David Grimal’s musical collective Les Dissonances and from 2015 to 2018 participated in the Adolf Busch Project, a quartet created by Renaud Capuçon with Edgar Moreau and Adrien La Marca, performing at leading venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Musikverein in Vienna and Wigmore Hall. Since 2016 he has been solo violinistof the Orchestre d’Auvergne.

Guillaume Chilemme is a laureate of the Safran Foundation and plays the 1795 ‘Château Pape Clément quartet’ violin by Nicolas Lupot, generously loaned by Bernard Magrez.

Nathanaël Gouin
is among the most promising young pianists of his generation. He is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. He has performed throughout Europe, Asia and the United-States of America through numerous concerts. He was invited to give concerts during festivals such as La Folle Journée de Nantes or Le Festival international de piano à La Roque d’Anthéron (both in France), and at such venues as the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels or la Cité de la Musique in Paris. He frequently performs with orchestra and as a soloist.

Born in France in 1988, Nathanaël has been passionate about the eclecticism of music since he was 4 years old. Trained at the Conservatoire National supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, at the Juilliard School in New York as well as at the Hochschule für music in Freiburg (Germany), Nathanaël is currently artist in residence at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo (Belgium) where he is being guided by Maria Joao Pires. Ms Pires present him to the public in the context of the Partitura project, in Japan, Spain, Germany and others country through a concept that assembles various generations of musicians to share the stage.

As well, Nathanël has created with Guillaume Chilemme a piano-violin duo, and together they released an acclaimed CD of sonatas by Ravel and Canal in 2014. Nathanaël is the recipient of several prizes from various international competitions, such as the Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria (1st prize), the Swedish International Duo Competition (1st prize), and the Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon (France). As well, Nathanael is a recipient of the Fondation d’entreprise Banque populaire and of the Fondation Meyer.

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