Description
“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)
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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
- [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
QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello
in E flat, Op.47 (1842)
