COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn,Schubert
LABELS: Eloquence
WORKS: Octets; plus Schubert: Trout Quintet
PERFORMER: Walter Panhofer (piano); Vienna Octet
CATALOGUE NO: 480 3431
Analogue mono sound in the 60-year-old Trout recording becomes acceptable as the magic of the performance takes over. Mendelssohn’s Octet has moments of breath-taking beauty. George Pratt