FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Stanford - String Quintet No.1, Piano Quintet | Hyperion - Helios CDH55434

Stanford - String Quintet No.1, Piano Quintet

£9.96 £7.97

save £1.99 (20%)

special offer ending 24/04/2024

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Hyperion - Helios

Cat No: CDH55434

Barcode: 0034571154343

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 1st July 2013

Contents

Artists

Piers Lane (piano)
Garth Knox (viola)
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet

Works

Stanford, Charles Villiers

Piano Quintet in D minor, op.25
String Quintet no.1 in F major, op.85

Artists

Piers Lane (piano)
Garth Knox (viola)
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet

About

The RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, with the support of Garth Knox (viola) and Piers Lane (piano), continue their excellent survey of Stanford’s neglected chamber works with this recording.

Growing up in his native Dublin in the 1850s and ’60s, Stanford was no stranger to high-quality chamber music, even if visits to Ireland’s capital by pre-eminent executants of the genre were sporadic. As a teenager he recalled with affection and excitement the solo recitals of Anton Rubinstein, Sigismund Thalberg and Charles Hallé, and string players such as Camillo Sivori, Ludwig Straus, Henry Vieuxtemps, Alfredo Piatti and, of course, Joseph Joachim, a friend of his father.

Stanford’s passion and mastery of the idiom are evident in the substantial catalogue of chamber music he produced throughout his life. His invigorating Piano Quintet dates from 1886 and transports its audience from melancholy introspection (the first two movements are in minor keys) to extrovert joy and optimism; the buoyant, richly scored String Quintet No.1 - declared by Parry to be an ‘admirable piece of work’ - introduces elaborate ornamental figurations resembling traditional Irish singing.

A considerable discovery, in sum, which Piers Lane and the Vanbrugh Quartet do absolutely proud … the booklet essay by Jeremy Dibble is, as ever, a model of scholarly research and enthusiasm. Flawless sound and balance, too, from the experienced Keener/Eadon production crew’ - Gramophone (Gramophone Editor's Choice)

There’s little doubt that Piers Lane and the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, recorded here with superb immediacy, recognise its evident strengths, delivering a performance of white-hot intensity that will surely help to make the work far better known … altogether an outstanding release’ - BBC Music Magazine

The performances are deeply committed, and the sound quality is exemplary in both tonal fidelity and balance’ - Fanfare, USA

The Vanbrugh players and their Australian and Scots guests do an absolutely first-class job—the string playing is beautiful and committed, as is the pianism, and the recordings are superb. So are Jeremy Dibble’s annotations. More please!’ - The Strad

They couldn’t ask for more eloquent advocacy than these splendid performances’ - The Sunday Times

[previously CDA67505]

Also Available

The Romantic Piano Concerto vol.12 - Parry and Stanford
The Romantic Piano Concerto vol.12 - Parry and Stanford

£13.60

(Hyperion - Romantic Piano Concertos)

British Piano Concertos
British Piano Concertos

£19.06

(Lyrita)

Scriabin - The Complete Preludes Vol.2
Scriabin - The Complete Preludes Vol.2

£9.96

(Hyperion - Helios)

Moscheles - Complete Concert Studies
Moscheles - Complete Concert Studies

£9.96

(Hyperion - Helios)

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here