Takács Quartet Marc-André Hamelin - Schumann: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 3 [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.The peerless Takacs Quartet, recently nominated for a Gramophone award for their second disc of Brahmsu2019s string quartets, continue their fxeated exploration of the Romantic chamber music tradition with this disc of Schumann.rThe Piano Quintet in E flat major is by far Schumannu2019s 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 composeru2019s u2018chamber music yearu2019 (1842) when, u2018in the first happiness of reunion with the piano, his creative imagination took on a new lease of lifeu2019 (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.rThe Takacs Quartet are joined by Marc-Andre Hamelin in an invigorating partnership that has already been widely acclaimed on the concert platform.

String Quartet in A major Op 41 No 3

Piano Quintet in E flat major Op 44

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