Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 7 March 2013
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Saint-Saëns holds a vital place in the history of French chamber music. At a time when his compatriots were more devoted to opera and song, Saint-Saëns (who wrote both, too) repeatedly produced chamber music of compelling individuality and lasting significance. The 1875 Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41 remains one of the great works in the chamber repertory, a masterful example of the composer's organisational skill and lyric gifts. The gorgeous Barcarolle is followed by the youthful Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14, a brilliantly confident work with a concerto-like rôle for the piano.
"The performances could hardly be more finely attuned to the technical challenges, while the composer's own booklet-notes set the scene succinctly...As a 'feast for the senses', Whalley's music demonstrably has much to recommend it." Gramophone
Tracks:
Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41
Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 14
Barcarolle in F major, Op. 108
