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The piano quintet genre often brings out the best in composers. Think of Schumann, Brahms, Franck, Dvorák, Fauré, and Shostakovich, for example. Add Amy Beach
At the Freer Gallery, or at the Corcoran Gallery (when
I recently had an interesting exchange with a good friend
These are amazing performances. First, the coupling: so smart and
There’s always room in the catalog for a beautiful new performance of this quintet. The Takács Quartet and Ralph Kirshbaum sound as though they’ve been
Brahms’ Quartets are respected more than they are loved. Hans Keller, the mid-20th-century psycho-guru of quartet playing, conspicuously omitted them from his list of “intrinsic
Here’s yet another recording that never should be out of the catalog, restored to currency thanks to Arkivmusic.com’s “on demand” program. Dohnányi’s Brahmsian First Piano
Hyperion already has cornered the market with its roster of top pianists, and with this release the label looks about ready to do so with
These are excellent performances of Haydn’s last two (and a half) quartets. The Takács Quartet has a real feeling for the music’s style, and these
Among the vast treasures of the string quartet literature, Beethoven’s compositions–including the six early Op. 18 quartets–take a place of pride as cornerstones of an
