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Faure - Piano Quintets | Naxos 8570938

Faure - Piano Quintets

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570938

Barcode: 0747313093878

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 1st June 2009

Contents

Artists

Cristina Ortiz (piano)
Fine Arts Quartet

Works

Faure, Gabriel

Piano Quintet no.1 in D minor, op.89
Piano Quintet no.2 in C minor, op.115

Artists

Cristina Ortiz (piano)
Fine Arts Quartet

About

Gabriel Fauré’s chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem, are regaining their rightful place, as the success of his Violin Sonatas and Cello Sonatas attests.

Dubbed the ‘Master of Charm’ by Debussy, Fauré responded to the quasi-orchestral opportunities offered by the piano quintet with two gorgeous works whose frequent economy of means belies the wealth of his inventiveness. The highly chromatic Scherzo of the Second Piano Quintet in particular gives Fauré’s works of this period an authentic place in twentieth-century composition.

Despite the stylistic and harmonic development evident in these works, as ever with Fauré there are also moments of sheer beauty and melodic inspiration.

The Fine Arts Quartet have been praised as “One of the gold-plated names in chamber music” by The Washington Post.

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