The Schubert Ensemble – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:43:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet; Spanish Lady Suite La Capricieuse; Elegy; Serenade Op.20 https://altocd.com/product/edward-elgar-piano-quintet-spanish-lady-suite-la-capricieuse-elegy-serenade-op-20/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:42:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51899 Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet; Spanish Lady Suite La Capricieuse; Elegy; Serenade Op.20 The Schubert Ensemble / Academy of St.Martin in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland Catalogue Number: ALC 1321 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 70:00 DDD, 1989-2001 Barcode: 5055354413216]]> “The meat in this club sandwich is the magnificent Piano Quintet in a fine performance by The Schubert Ensemble. The Serenade for Strings with the ASMF under Sir Neville Marriner opens proceedings affectionately and the Elegy and Spanish Lady Suite from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia both bring considerable charm. ….La Capricieuse has a nicely judged salon feel.” (Gramophone)

  • Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20 (1892)
  • 1. I. Allegro piacevole 3:27
  • 2. II. Larghetto 6:11
  • 3. III. Allegretto 2:49
  • 4. La Capricieuse, Op.17 (1891) 3:47
  • Piano Quintet in A minor, Op,84 (1918-19)
  • 5. I. Moderato – Allegro 14:14
  • 6. II. Adagio 12:49
  • 7. III. Andante – Allegro 10:44
  • 8. Elegy, Op.58 (1909) 4:18
  • The Spanish Lady – Suite (ed. P.Young)
  • 9. Country Dance: Allegretto e leggiero 2:22
  • 10. Burlesco: Allegro 1:53
  • 11. Adagio 2:55
  • 12. Sarabande: Maestoso 2:16
  • 13. Bourrée: Vivace 1:36
]]> Schumann – QUINTET for piano and strings | QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello https://altocd.com/product/schumann-quintet-for-piano-and-strings-quartet-for-piano-violin-viola-and-cello/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:42:57 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51888 Schumann QUINTET for piano and strings QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello The Schubert Ensemble Catalogue Number: ALC 1307 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: 60:00, DDD, 2005 Barcode: 5055354413070]]> “A relaxed approach pays dividends: from the start the new performances are less rigid, less strictly a tempo than the old … the new disc shows how that makes a great deal of difference when rhythms in fast movements are sprung more persuasively, giving a sparkle to the music; and in the funeral march of the second movement of the Quintet there is a hushed tension, a sense of presence, that was far less evident before. In other words, the new disc conveys the clear feeling of live communication … (and so) there is every advantage in this new disc, particularly when the recording is just as well balanced and vivid as the old.” (Gramophone)

    QUINTET for piano and strings in E flat, Op.44 (1842)*

    • [1] I: Allegro brillante 9:28
    • [2] II: In modo d’una Marcia. Un poco largamente 9:12
    • [3] III: Scherzo molto vivace 5:03
    • [4] IV: Allegro, ma non troppo 7:24

      • QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello
      in E flat, Op.47 (1842)

    • [5] I: Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo 9:16
    • [6] II: Scherzo. Molto vivace 4:05
    • [7] III: Andante cantabile 6:38
    • [8] IV: Finale.Vivace 8:02
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