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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: CHRCD011
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
“As with so much in Brahms' life, the genesis of his Piano Quintet, op.34, was fraught with indecision and introspection...” Brahms first wrote this work scored for string quintet, and after taking to heart criticism from Joachim, he not only re-scored the work for two pianos, but destroyed the original string quintet manuscript. Published in 1874, this new du version was not without problems, and it was Clara Schumann who pointed these out, causing Brahms to set about re-arranging the music once more, this time for piano quintet.
This was no simple re-scoring, for the piano quintet medium has unique demands, but, at last, “Brahms had found the medium through which his material could speak most eloquently.” It is the quintet in this final guise that we know it best, and that the Schubert Ensemble deliver here on this recording in an assured and expressive performance, allowing the sophisticated detail of Brahms' writing to throw us into the depths of emotion he conjures up. |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: NMCD120
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
William Howard and the Schubert Ensemble in Martin Butler's piano quintet 'American Rounds', and other chamber music, plus Funerailles - Butler's major new work for solo piano - and arrangements of two Scarlatti sonatas.
1 - 5, 9-11 - The Schubert Ensemble
6 - Simon Blendis, violin/ William Howard, piano
7, 8 - William Howard, piano
12 - Douglas Paterson, viola |
| 22.00 eur Buy |
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