Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 24 November 2023
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In his Piano Quartet and Quintet, Schumann revisited the frameworks inherited from Schubert and Beethoven to create astonishingly innovative structures. Their grandiose musical and emotional gestures place these works among his supreme achievements. The prestigious artists assembled here, with their extensive experience of performing Schumann's chamber music and concertos, do full justice to his imaginative world.
"By any standards this is chamber music playing of the highest class; the fact that it's performed on instruments of the period only makes it more satisfying." BBC Music Chamber Release of the Month Jan 2024
"The Quintet is a brilliant virtuoso vehicle with a symphonic tone but these five musicians don't turn it into a quasi-piano concerto with string quartet, as sometimes occurs. Rather, they meld their ensemble seamlessly and attend to minute details of phrasing and dynamics without losing sight of the shape of each movement." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Chamber
Tracks:
1. Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo
2. Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
3. Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - III. Andante cantabile
4. Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - IV. Finale. Vivace
5. Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - I. Allegro brillante
6. Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - II. In modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente
7. Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
8.Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo
