Piano Quintets

[BBMmk2]

And today at 13:00

Vaughan Williams: Phantasy String Quintet
Bruch: Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano (selection)
Vaughan Williams: Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano (1898)
Nash Ensemble

And for that matter, tomorrow:

Bruch: Piano Quintet in G minor
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Nash Ensemble

Many thanks Cali! Have to get those

[Suffolkcoastal]

A couple of my favourites are the Quintets by Roy Harris & Walter Piston, as well as Stanford's excellent Quintet and the two Quintets of Bloch, especially the 1st which is a monumental masterpiece IMHO. There's also Rawsthorne's late Quintet from 1968 which takes a few hearings to get into, but is ultimately highly rewarding. Both Berwald Quartets are certainly worth hearing as are those of Louise Farrenc. One Piano Quintet that mixes strings & wind is that of David Diamond, an early work of his & is scored for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And today at 13:00

Vaughan Williams: Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano (1898)
Nash Ensemble

Wasn't very good, was it?

[Nick Armstrong]

Wasn't very good, was it?

No, it wasn't.... Its almost complete unvaughanwilliamsness (apart from the odd whiff in the slow movement) cast into sorry relief by the preceding (bar a bit o' Bruch) Phantasy String Quintet which I absolutely love....

[EdgeleyRob]

Wasn't very good, was it?

No,but that C Minor Quintet (another written for the 'Trout' ensemble) is quite impressive IMV.
The Andante is very suggestive of Silent Noon.

[LeMartinPecheur]

We are told that Robert Schumann invented the piano 5tet but shouldn't the credit go much further back, to a certain W A Mozart? At least three of his piano concertos exist in his own versions with accompaniment from string quartet, as here:


If something looks like a piano quintet and sounds like a piano quintet, isn't it a piano quintet??

[Bryn]

Indeed itwould. Apologies for not seeing that.

There is also a 1960 recording of DSCH playing the Quintet with the Beethoven Quartet, said to be his favourite ensemble of that variety.

[Beef Oven!]

Listening to Gubaidulina's piano quintet performed by the Quatuor Molinari and Louise Bessette.

[MickyD]

This is a splendid 4 CD set on the bargain Brilliant Classics label - different fortepianos chosen for each work, and some real discoveries by lesser known composers for piano quintet. Well worth getting.

[cloughie]

We are told that Robert Schumann invented the piano 5tet but shouldn't the credit go much further back, to a certain W A Mozart? At least three of his piano concertos exist in his own versions with accompaniment from string quartet, as here:


If something looks like a piano quintet and sounds like a piano quintet, isn't it a piano quintet??

I would say so Martin, they were also done this way in acgreat recording on ASV by Peter Frankl and members of the ECO!

[cloughie]

This is a splendid 4 CD set on the bargain Brilliant Classics label - different fortepianos chosen for each work, and some real discoveries by lesser known composers for piano quintet. Well worth getting.

Would probably sound even better on a pf!

[MickyD]

I would suggest you hear it, cloughie...the pianos sound really well maintained and the discs are beautifully recorded.

[Bryn]

I would suggest you hear it, cloughie...the pianos sound really well maintained and the discs are beautifully recorded.

. . . and deleted from Brilliant Classics' catalogue. Copies are to be had though, at a price.

[BBMmk2]

The series of recordings that Martha Argerich has made for Warnee Bros have included a very good performance of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet, originally on EMI. Includes an excellent account of the Concertino.

[MickyD]

. . . and deleted from Brilliant Classics' catalogue. Copies are to be had though, at a price.

Blimey, that was quick for new recordings. You seemingly have to act fast with Brilliant.