Wydawnictwo: Audite
Nr katalogowy: AUDITE 97728
Nośnik: 1 CD
Data wydania: wrzesień 2016
EAN: 4022143977281
Nr katalogowy: AUDITE 97728
Nośnik: 1 CD
Data wydania: wrzesień 2016
EAN: 4022143977281
Saint-Saens: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 1
Audite - AUDITE 97728
Kompozytor
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Utwory na płycie:
- Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 14: I. Allegro moderato e maestoso
- Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 14: II. Andante sostenuto
- Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 14: III. Presto
- Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 14: IV. Allegro assai, ma tranquillo
- String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 112: I. Allegro
- String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 112: II. Molto allegro quasi presto
- String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 112: III. Molto adagio
- String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 112: IV. Allegro non troppo
For its latest CD featuring works by Camille Saint-Saëns, the award-winning Quartetto di Cremona draws on sixteen years of giving concerts and making recordings. Leading Italian pianist Andrea Lucchesini joins the ensemble for the Piano Quintet: the third movement of the work is presented here in the rare version adding a double bass (ad lib.).
These two chamber music works of the French composer represent crucial stages in his oeuvre: the Piano Quintet, a work of early perfection, demonstrates Saint-Saëns' engagement with German Romanticism, particularly with Robert Schumann and his formal idiom. The String Quartet, marking the transition into his late style, represents the first chamber piece in which Saint-Saëns leaves out his own instrument, the piano. Here, his version of the classical style - clear forms and a colourful expressive spectrum - becomes especially clear. Brilliance and an unerring sense of form; calm, melancholy resting and energetic gestures; romantic vocal qualities and exquisite compositional art - the contrasts characterising Saint-Saëns' musical idiom are perfectly realised by the Quartetto di Cremona.
These two chamber music works of the French composer represent crucial stages in his oeuvre: the Piano Quintet, a work of early perfection, demonstrates Saint-Saëns' engagement with German Romanticism, particularly with Robert Schumann and his formal idiom. The String Quartet, marking the transition into his late style, represents the first chamber piece in which Saint-Saëns leaves out his own instrument, the piano. Here, his version of the classical style - clear forms and a colourful expressive spectrum - becomes especially clear. Brilliance and an unerring sense of form; calm, melancholy resting and energetic gestures; romantic vocal qualities and exquisite compositional art - the contrasts characterising Saint-Saëns' musical idiom are perfectly realised by the Quartetto di Cremona.