BaL 17.04.21 - Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat

[DoctorT]

Hope I'm not going off piste here, but I would appreciate guidance from our resident experts as to which HIPP version I should invest in - preferably available as a single CD

[jayne lee wilson]

Hope I'm not going off piste here, but I would appreciate guidance from our resident experts as to which HIPP version I should invest in - preferably available as a single CD

It just has to be the Winter & Winter release with La Gaia Scienza - such precision and clarity, such drive and attack, but so light, dancing and expressive where it needs to be in excellent recorded sound. Lovely yellow hardback presentation of the physical disc to add to its attractions....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/meine-Clara-Scienza-Lorenzo-Ghielmi/dp/B000A3VTRA/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=la+gaia+scienza&qid=1618832649&s=music&sr=1-4

I've loved Schumann and his chamber music for a long time. This is one of the best such releases, howsoever it is categorised.

(....playing now.... these performers really do understand the piece - know how important that brief, shadowy passage is, between exposition repeat and development of (i), as it comes back in the funeral-march-style largamente....with very dramatic consequences....!..)

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If couplings are important to you - the Michelangelos on Chandos are also very good in Op.44, warmer and a little more relaxed (if less compelling & virtuoso) with more forward sound; they offer Op.47, whereas the Gay Science give you the Six Canonic Pieces Op.56...very lovely they are too.

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks from me too: I'm taking the liberty of copying this to the 'The I wish.....' thread, for possible wider readership.

And I, to move that post and the several that sprang from it, to the general thread

[BBMmk2]

I listened to the Guilda, Hagen Quartet recording,yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s the first time I’ve heard this work. I’m not well up on Schumann’s chamber music, so I am glad I had the opportunity to have a listen.

[cloughie]

I listened to the Guilda, Hagen Quartet recording,yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s the first time I’ve heard this work. I’m not well up on Schumann’s chamber music, so I am glad I had the opportunity to have a listen.

Think what you’ve been missing all these years - probably in my top ten chamber pieces!

[BBMmk2]

Think what you’ve been missing all these years - probably in my top ten chamber pieces!

Indeed. I never got to grips, with his chamber music before, his orchestral and piano music yes, but never his chamber music, until recently.

[Barbirollians]

Indeed. I never got to grips, with his chamber music before, his orchestral and piano music yes, but never his chamber music, until recently.

I am rather baffled why we are now moving all criticism of the format to a general thread ? I often don’t catch BAL on a Saturday morning as I take my son to football training. I find it quite useful to hear from forumites if the format has blighted the BAL like this one it seems or that it has survived it .

[DoctorT]

It just has to be the Winter & Winter release with La Gaia Scienza - such precision and clarity, such drive and attack, but so light, dancing and expressive where it needs to be in excellent recorded sound. Lovely yellow hardback presentation of the physical disc to add to its attractions....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/meine-Clara-Scienza-Lorenzo-Ghielmi/dp/B000A3VTRA/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=la+gaia+scienza&qid=1618832649&s=music&sr=1-4

I've loved Schumann and his chamber music for a long time. This is one of the best such releases, howsoever it is categorised.

(....playing now.... these performers really do understand the piece - know how important that brief, shadowy passage is, between exposition repeat and development of (i), as it comes back in the funeral-march-style largamente....with very dramatic consequences....!..)

***
If couplings are important to you - the Michelangelos on Chandos are also very good in Op.44, warmer and a little more relaxed (if less compelling & virtuoso) with more forward sound; they offer Op.47, whereas the Gay Science give you the Six Canonic Pieces Op.56...very lovely they are too.

Many thanks Jayne: shall investigate!

Regards

Michael

[Goon525]

I listened to the ‘winner’ a couple of days ago, feeling personally that the exaggerated tempo shifts in the first movement disqualified it, although I enjoyed the rest. I then checked the first movement of Andsnes/Artemis, and felt it a much more sensible recommendation (I have heard it before). But a knowledgeable friend strongly recommended the Lugano Argerich 2003 (the one with R Capuçon), and I’ve just listened to it. He’s right - it’s superb, with tremendous drive and energy, leaving you in no doubt this is a great masterpiece. Obviously I haven’t heard them all, but this would be a solid modern instrument choice.

[BBMmk2]

I listened to the ‘winner’ a couple of days ago, feeling personally that the exaggerated tempo shifts in the first movement disqualified it, although I enjoyed the rest. I then checked the first movement of Andsnes/Artemis, and felt it a much more sensible recommendation (I have heard it before). But a knowledgeable friend strongly recommended the Lugano Argerich 2003 (the one with R Capuçon), and I’ve just listened to it. He’s right - it’s superb, with tremendous drive and energy, leaving you in no doubt this is a great masterpiece. Obviously I haven’t heard them all, but this would be a solid modern instrument choice.

Like I said, above, I heard the Hagens, and Guilda, very good, imo.Very good indeed and natural.

[Barbirollians]

The Valli /Gaia scienza recording is very fine - stingy coupling though .

[LeMartinPecheur]

The Valli /Gaia scienza recording is very fine - stingy coupling though .

Something from Hummel perhaps?