Composer: Robert Schumann
Performer: Xiayin Wang, Fine Arts Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572661
Release: 2012
Size: 316 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44
01. I. Allegro brillante
02. II. In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largamente
03. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio II – L’istesso tempo
04. IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
05. I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
06. II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
07. III. Andante cantabile
08. IV. Finale. Vivace
Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tale Narrations), Op. 132 (Version for clarinet, viola and piano)
09. I. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell
10. II. Lebhaft und sehr markiert
11. III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck
12. IV. Lebhaft, sehr markiert
Between 1841 and 1843 Schumann wrote some of his greatest chamber works, among them the Piano Quartet and the Piano Quintet, both in E flat major. Written in an astonishing five-day period, the Quintet displays both the heroic and the lyric impulses in his music, boldness contrasting with songful tenderness, and march themes with lyricism. The Piano Quartet also exudes such qualities, not least in the ravishing slow movement, and the masterful breadth of Schumann’s expression. The four Märchenerzählungen are happy, energetic pieces.