Schumann, Brahms: Piano Quintets

Artemis Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes - Schumann, Brahms: Piano Quintets

Schumann, Brahms: Piano Quintets
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Artist: Artemis Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes
Composer: Brahms
Composer: Schumann
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-17
Music Label: Virgin Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. I. Allegro Brillante
  2. II. In Modo D'una Marcia: Un Poco Largamente
  3. III. Scherzo: Molto Vivace
  4. IV. Allegro Non Troppo
  5. Medley: I. Allegro Non Troppo/Poco Sostenuto/Tempo 1
  6. II. Andante, Un Poco Adagio
  7. III. Scherzo & Trio
  8. Medley: IV. Finale/Poco Sostenuto/Allegro Non Troppo/Tempo 1/Presto Non Troppo

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Free Music Review: Precise but lacking warmth
Hit: 4 Stars

If it's quick tempi you seek in these two works you won't be disappointed with this recording. Certainly Andsnes is the star and the playing of the Artemis is precise and tuneful but both performances lack the warmth I would expect in these two Romantic masterworks. Sometimes there is a rather clinical feel to the playing. The acoustic is just live enough to give a bloom to the sound unlike the Schubert Ensemble's recording (Schumann) where the excess echo causes serious blurring.

The Artemis' upper strings have a tendency to a thin sound at times but there is plenty of grunt at the lower end and a good separation between all instruments. Unfortunately I think this is a recording I would tire of quite quickly because overall the playing is not sufficiently engaging. There are better readings of the Schumann but the Brahms has considerable merit on this disc.

Schumann, Brahms: Piano Quintets Poster

EMI Classics Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Virgin Classics' String Quartet, the Artemis, have Joined their Formidable Musical Forces to Record Two of the Most Beautiful Piano Quintets of the Romantic Chamber Music Repertoire. Their Collaboration Makes for What Will Certainly Be Considered a Landmark Recording, Bringing a New Vigour to These Well-known Masterpieces. The Programme Couples Two Major Piano Quintets by Brahms and Schumann. Brahms' Piano Quintet in F Minor Op.34 Is the Composer's Only Piano Quintet and is Considered One of his Finest Compositions. The Work Began Life as a String Quintet, Later Evolving Into a Sonata for Two Pianos, Before Taking Its Final Form in 1866. Of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E Op 44, Clara Schumann, who Premiered it Said: "a Glorious Piece, Extremely Brilliant and Effective. Schumann's Sole Composition for Piano Quintet was Composed in 1842, a Year Practically Devoted to the Composition of Chamber Works for Piano and Strings.

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