Zemlinsky Quartet & Paolo Giacometti - Bartók & Dohnányi: Piano Quintets (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The disc presents two quintets for piano and string quartet by two distinguished Hungarian composers from the 20th century: Bela Bartok and Ernst von Dohnanyi. While Bartok's Piano Quintet is an outstanding juvenilia, Dohnanyi's sophisticated work represents its author at its best.

This disc sees the first time collaboration between the Zemlinsky Quartet and Paolo Giacometti and is a must for anyone interested in the great tradition of Mitteleuropa chamber music. The unique coupling of these two beautiful and rarely recorded works are underrated by discography.

The two Quintets were composed within a ten year span (1904-1914), a period of fantastic musical flourishing.

Zemlinsky Quartet belongs to the glorious tradition of Centre-European string quartets, characterized by nobility and spontaneity of expression, flawless technique, lack of mannersisms, profound and humble insight of the score.

Tracklist:
01. Piano Quintet in C Major Sz. 23: I. Andante. Allegro molto
02. Piano Quintet in C Major Sz. 23: II. Vivace (Scherzando)
03. Piano Quintet in C Major Sz. 23: III. Adagio
04. Piano Quintet in C Major Sz. 23: IV. Poco a poco più vivace. Vivace molto
05. Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat Minor Op. 26: I. Allegro non troppo
06. Piano Quintet No. 2 E-Flat Minor Op. 26: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto
07. Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat Minor Op. 26: III. Moderato


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