Composer: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Edward William Elgar
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson, Takács Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68295
Release: 2020
Size: 1.03 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beach: Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor Op. 67
01. I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio espressivo
03. III. Allegro agitato – Più lento – Tempo I – Adagio come I – Presto
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
04. I. Moderato – Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Andante – Allegro
Amy Beach’s piano quintet proved a deservedly popular success in its early years. It makes a compelling—and surprising—match for Elgar’s own piano quintet: a late work contemporary with the cello concerto, and which inhabits the same emotional landscape.