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Schumann - String Quartet, Piano Quintet | Hyperion CDA67631

Schumann - String Quartet, Piano Quintet

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67631

Barcode: 0034571176314

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 26th October 2009

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Contents

Artists

Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Takacs Quartet

Works

Schumann, Robert

Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
String Quartet in A major, op.41 no.3

Artists

Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Takacs Quartet

About

The peerless Takács Quartet continue their fęted exploration of the Romantic chamber music tradition with this Schumann disc.

The Piano Quintet in E flat major is by far Schumann’s most popular chamber work and one of the most beloved works in the genre. Schumann was the first romantic composer to pair the piano with the string quartet. It was written during the composer’s ‘chamber music year’ (1842) when, ‘in the first happiness of reunion with the piano, his creative imagination took on a new lease of life’ (Joan Chisell, Robert Schumann).

Schumann had been studying the string quartets of Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn, and the String Quartet in A major Op.41 No.3 demonstrates these influences, but is written in a characteristic musical language and contains many highly original strokes, particularly the casting of the Scherzo as a set of variations.

The Takács Quartet are joined by Marc-André Hamelin in an invigorating partnership that has already been widely acclaimed on the concert platform.

Takács Quartet:
- Edward Dusinberre, violin I
- Károly Schranz, violin II
- Geraldine Walther, viola
- András Fejér, cello

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