Twenty-three year old Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda (1927) is soloist in this 1950 recording of the fifth movement of Schubert's Trout Quintet, Op. 114. Badura Skoda is accompanied by Anton Kamper (violin), Erich Weiss (viola), Franz Kwarda (cello) and Joseph Hermann (double bass). I created this music video from the LP shown above, issued in 1950 on the Westminster label, serial number 5025.
Movement 5: Allegro Giusto
Images: LP label, 1:18; score fragment, 1:37; November 1, 1952 Billboard magazine article about this recording and the impact of his recordings on the development of his career, 2:13; LP jacket, 3:47. This video closes with images of Schubert and of his grave at the Central Cemetery in Vienna.
