This is only the first recording I've listened to of the Trout, but something tells me that this recording of Schubert's great quartet is a winner. The sound seems extremely rich and has a 3-D quality to it and the interpretation seems dynamic and flowing. I've listened to it 4-5 times over, and it sounds especially good in the surround-sound environment of my car (using my car CD player). I'd say it is a gem of my hundreds-of-classical-cds collection. Of course, maybe that's just because the Trout is itself a great-sounding work, but rarely does a recording seem to stand out for me the way this one does.