Bartok & Korngold: Piano Quintets - Piers Lane & Goldner String Quartet

Piano Quintet in C major Sz23[38'44]Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1
Andante[11'26]
2
Vivace (Scherzando)[8'22]
3
Adagio –[10'38]
4
Poco a poco più vivace[8'18]
Piano Quintet in E major Op 15[34'14]Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
5
Mäßiges Zeitmaß, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck[12'38]
6
Adagio: Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll[13'27]
7
Finale: Gemessen, beinahe pathetisch[8'09]

Youthful piano quintets from Korngold the arch-Romantic and Bartók in his pre-modernist vein make a fascinating comparison. This album offers a snapshot of early twentieth-century Austro-Hungarian chamber music as represented by two of its most individual voices.