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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26523

    #31
    Love piano quintets. The door was opened by Shostakovich's in my teens, and more recently kept open by hearing Fauré's two... and then so many other great ones.

    The Schmitt in post #1 is definitely on my 'to explore' list

    Huge soft spot for the Mozart with winds (the Perahia recording with wor Tony on horn a must).
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • ahinton
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 16122

      #32
      Again, worth investigating - the two by Bacewicz, the Bax, the Bridge; not sure what to make of Furtwängler's 80-minute one...

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25195

        #33
        Also significant......


        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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        • BBMmk2
          Late Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 20908

          #34
          Any ideas for a recording of the ones by Martinu?
          Don’t cry for me
          I go where music was born

          J S Bach 1685-1750

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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163

            #35
            Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
            Any ideas for a recording of the ones by Martinu?
            We don't seem to be over-burdened with options here, Bbm, if Amazon is an accurate representation. Recordings of the two Quintets on a single disc look limited to :



            ... and ...

            Buy Martinu: Piano Quintets H. 229, 298; Piano Quartet H. 287 [Hybrid SACD] by Kocian Quartet, Ivan Klansky, Bohuslav Martinu, N/a from Amazon's Classical Music Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.


            ... and (the silly price option):



            (Used copies of the first two, plus an MP3 of the third won't break the bank if all three recordings were bought.)
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • jayne lee wilson
              Banned
              • Jul 2011
              • 10711

              #36
              Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
              Any ideas for a recording of the ones by Martinu?
              I was listening to the Martinu Quartet/Košárek Naxos one this morning and found it, in comparison, preferable to the Panton - more idiomatic and wth a lovely spacious acoustic (I dislike close-set chamber music, all too frequent).... the Panton/Stamic seemed good too, if a touch airless. Via Qobuz HiFi though, it sounded a touch heavy, a touch less inspired. Nice crunchy quartet textures though compared to the lither, sharper Martinus...
              But in No.2 (wonderful piece in the same inspired vein as Symphonies 3 & 4 & closely related) my preference was ​very clear - the Martinu/Košárek was decidedly more atmospheric and played with lovely, sinuous agility.

              You can't go wrong with the Naxos, it's a great recording of some wonderful music. Two very contrasted works! The Praga Digitals Series of Martinu Chamber Music is extravagantly laid-out and presented (the cover art is a pleasure in itself), but musically excellent and I can vouch for the beautifully-recorded Quartet Cycle (Kocian/Prazak - although I just prefer the Panochas in this music). Not heard the Praga Piano Quintets/Quartet collection but, given the performers, it does look a good bet. A good one to move onto if you fall in love with the Naxos/Martinu issue!
              Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 03-07-17, 14:37.

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              • Serial_Apologist
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 37614

                #37
                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                Also significant......


                I see she's been covered on R3, though I'd never heard of her previous to this post!

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                • teamsaint
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 25195

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                  I see she's been covered on R3, though I'd never heard of her previous to this post!
                  All you have to do is google ( or Duckduckgo) Croatia Piano quintet .

                  I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                  I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                  • Serial_Apologist
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 37614

                    #39
                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                    All you have to do is google ( or Duckduckgo) Croatia Piano quintet .

                    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=croatia+pi...et&t=h_&ia=web
                    Thanks for that, TS.

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                    • Richard Barrett
                      Guest
                      • Jan 2016
                      • 6259

                      #40
                      Thanks Jayne, looking forward to giving the Martinu quintets a listen asap.

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                      • EdgeleyRob
                        Guest
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12180

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                        I see she's been covered on R3, though I'd never heard of her previous to this post!
                        There is plenty of her chamber music in the Naxos library S_A

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                        • EdgeleyRob
                          Guest
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12180

                          #42
                          Well worth hearing IMVHO,as well as those mentioned above,are

                          Meyer,Beach,Taneyev,Scott and the extraordinary Weinberg

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                          • Stanfordian
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 9309

                            #43
                            Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                            Again, worth investigating - the two by Bacewicz, the Bax, the Bridge; not sure what to make of Furtwängler's 80-minute one...
                            I admire both the Bax and the Bridge piano quintets. The Furtwangler has too many longueurs for my liking.

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                            • BBMmk2
                              Late Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 20908

                              #44
                              Thank you Jayne and Ferney. Most helpful. Will have a go at those!
                              Don’t cry for me
                              I go where music was born

                              J S Bach 1685-1750

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                              • ahinton
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 16122

                                #45
                                Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                                Well worth hearing IMVHO,as well as those mentioned above,are

                                Meyer,Beach,Taneyev,Scott and the extraordinary Weinberg

                                Extraordinary indeed, for all its affiliations with his mentor DDS...

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