SCHUMANN: PIANO QUINTET; PIANO QUARTET - SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE

Schumann
QUINTET for piano and strings
QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello

The Schubert Ensemble

“A relaxed approach pays dividends: from the start the new performances are less rigid, less strictly a tempo than the old … the new disc shows how that makes a great deal of difference when rhythms in fast movements are sprung more persuasively, giving a sparkle to the music; and in the funeral march of the second movement of the Quintet there is a hushed tension, a sense of presence, that was far less evident before. In other words, the new disc conveys the clear feeling of live communication … (and so) there is every advantage in this new disc, particularly when the recording is just as well balanced and vivid as the old.” (Gramophone)

QUINTET for piano and strings in E flat, Op.44 (1842)*
[1] I: Allegro brillante 9:28
[2] II: In modo d’una Marcia. Un poco largamente 9:12
[3] III: Scherzo molto vivace 5:03
[4] IV: Allegro, ma non troppo 7:24
QUARTET for piano, violin, viola and cello
in E flat, Op.47 (1842)

[5] I: Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo 9:16
[6] II: Scherzo. Molto vivace 4:05
[7] III: Andante cantabile 6:38
[8] IV: Finale.Vivace 8:02