Composer: Ferdinand Thieriot
Performer: Hamburg Chamber Players
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0101
Release: 2024
Size: 647 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Quintet in G Major for two violins, viola and two cellos
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Lento
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Allegro non troppo
2 Adagios for Viola or Violoncello and Organ, Op. 41
05. No. 1, Adagio molto mesto
06. No. 2, Adagio ma non troppo
Four Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 28
07. No. 1, Quasi Andante
08. No. 2, Tempo moderato
09. No. 3, Andante
10. No. 4, Allegro
11. Larghetto for Viola and Organ
Suite for Three Cellos
12. I. Allegro giocoso
13. II. Molto lento
14. III. Tempo di Menuetto
15. IV. Choral. Poco adagio
The Hamburg-born Ferdinand Thieriot (1838–1919) not only shared a teacher – Eduard Marxsen – with Brahms; both composers use a very similar musical language, one which is richly melodic and effortlessly contrapuntal. The musicologist Wilhelm Altmann wrote that ‘Thieriot’s chamber music is without exception noble and pure. He writes with perfect command of form and expression’ – as the works on this second Toccata Classics volume prove, in their exquisite balance of depth and beauty.