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Tag: piano quintet

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Brahms Piano Quintet in Fm, op. 34

July 8, 2018July 6, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Quartetto Italiano and Maurizio Pollini, or below by the Amadeus Quartet with Christoph Eschenbach (cover image by Vidar Nordli Mathisen) Have you ever had that experience of meeting (well, more like being in the presence of) someone … Continue reading Brahms Piano Quintet in Fm, op. 34

French Symphony, Music, SQS1 Comment

Florent Schmitt: Piano Quintet in Bm, op. 51

June 16, 2018June 15, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Stanislas Quartet and Christian Ivaldi (cover image by Easton Oliver) Florent Schmitt was born on September 28, 1870 in Meurthe-et-Moselle, and entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 19, studying with Fauré, Massenet, Dubois, and Lavignac. … Continue reading Florent Schmitt: Piano Quintet in Bm, op. 51

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Louis Théodore Gouvy: Piano Quintet in A, op. 24

June 2, 2018May 26, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Denis Clavier Quartet with Dimitris Saroglou, piano (cover image by Gaetano Cessati) Louis Théodore Gouvy was born on July 3, 1819 into a “into a French-speaking family in the village of Goffontaine, in the Sarre, a region on the … Continue reading Louis Théodore Gouvy: Piano Quintet in A, op. 24

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Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

January 27, 2018January 4, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Boris Berman and the Vermeer Quartet, or as below (with the composer’s wife at the piano) I had to take what I wrote from imaginary spaces defined in terms of sound and put it into the psychological space … Continue reading Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

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Joonas Kokkonen: Quintet For Piano And String Quartet, op. 5

December 9, 2017December 4, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Sibelius Academy Quartet (So this, I think, is the first time in the series that we don’t have a video available on YouTube, but it certainly won’t be the last. As it turns out, there are about a … Continue reading Joonas Kokkonen: Quintet For Piano And String Quartet, op. 5

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Arthur Foote: Piano Quintet in Am, op. 38

September 30, 2017September 22, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the DaVinci Quartet and James Barbagallo, or as below by five other people second and third/fourth movements (cover image by Matthew Landers) Arthur William Foote was born on March 5, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts. He was organist of the … Continue reading Arthur Foote: Piano Quintet in Am, op. 38

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Dvorak Piano Quintet No. 1 in A, op. 5, B. 28

June 11, 2017June 3, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Borodin Quartet with Sviatoslav Richter My dear friend! Do you remember that quintet (A major) with piano which, thanks to your efforts, was performed in Prague for the first time, about 14 years ago? I cannot find … Continue reading Dvorak Piano Quintet No. 1 in A, op. 5, B. 28

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Elgar Piano Quintet in Am, op. 84

April 22, 2017April 21, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Coull String Quartet and Allan Schiller, piano; or below by the Sorrel Quartet with Ian Brown, piano Alice Elgar was quite right: it is a new urgency, pointed and refined by the discipline of writing chamber music, a … Continue reading Elgar Piano Quintet in Am, op. 84

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Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57

January 29, 2017January 21, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Boris Berman and the Vermeer Quartet, or below by the Borodin trio and Mimi Zweig (violin), Jerry Horner (viola) The Gm piano quintet, one of the composer’s most enduring chamber works, comes right after the composer’s sixth symphony, … Continue reading Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57

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Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in f sharp minor, op.67

November 13, 2016November 14, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the folks in this video: second and third movements Amy Mary Cheney Beach was born on September 5, 1867 in  New Hampshire. She showed a stunning talent for music from an extremely young age, but her musical career … Continue reading Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in f sharp minor, op.67

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