Composer: Antonín Dvořák
Performer: Christian Zacharias, Hartmut Rohde, Leipziger Streichquartett
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: MDG
Catalogue: MDG3071249
Release: 2004
Size: 302 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
01. I. Allegro, ma non tanto
02. II. Dumka. Andante con moto
03. III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace
04. IV. Finale. Allegro
Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 97 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Violoncello
05. I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. II. Allegro vivo
07. III. Larghetto
08. IV. Allegro giusto
As fine and as persuasive a pair of Dvorák chamber music performances as has ever been put on a single disc, this 2004 recording of the glorious Piano Quintet in A major and the transcendent String Quintet in E flat major by the Leipziger Streichquartett with pianist Christian Zacharias would be a welcome addition to any shelf, even one already loaded down with Dvorák. Their Piano Quintet is strong-muscled, open-hearted, and essentially dramatic. Their String Quintet is richly textured, radiantly colored, and quintessentially lyric. Although there have been great recordings of both these works in the past, anyone who already admires, say, the Clifford Curzon/Budapest Quartet of the Piano Quintet or the Raphael Ensemble of the String Quintet will be glad to put this on the shelf with them. And anyone who does not already know these pieces will be thrilled, truly, honestly, deeply, and profoundly thrilled, to hear them for the first time. MDG catches all the deep, burnished tone of the instruments in a warm, full acoustic.