All one can regret about this admirable set of Dvorák chamber music is what it leaves out. Of course, one can understand omitting the Czech master's 14 string quartets -- surely an apt subject for a separate set -- but the inclusion of most but not all of his other chamber music works makes this set almost but not quite ideal. Most of the ...
A feast for fans of English twentieth century composers, this collection of British piano quartets by the Ames Piano Quartet is a marvel and a wonder, a marvel that an ensemble from Iowa can so magnificently capture the quintessentially English quality of the music and a wonder that so much first-rate chamber music remains so far beyond the range ...
While piano trios abound and string quartets are a dime a dozen, what's rare are extant, long-standing piano quartets. Compared to the former two ensembles, repertoire for the latter is less abundant but no less significant. Piano quartets are often performed by piano trios who add a viola or string quartets that sit out a member and add a pianist ...
Great Czech piano quartet performances come from Iowa, Ames, IA, to be precise, home of Iowa State University where the Ames Piano Quartet is the chamber music ensemble-in-residence. The group, one of the few full-time piano quartets in the world, has already released several excellent discs on Dorian: the mandatory couplings of quartets by Dvorák ...
With the exception of Piazzolla (and possibly Turina if you're being optimistic), the composers' names on this album of piano quartets are likely unknown. Curiously, the album's title (La Muerte del Ángel) comes from the composition -- Piazzolla's -- that was not originally written for piano quartet. The quartets of Turina, Tansman, and Surinach ...
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