Bruch: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 1; Swedish Dances
11/10/2023, 24 Tracks, 1:17:38
Featuring
Dene Olding
Dimity Hall
Irina Morozova
Julian Smiles
Piers Lane
Goldner String Quartet
Max Bruch
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Bruch's lifelong interest in folk music is reflected in his Swedish Dances, Op. 63, which he hoped would achieve similar success to Brahms's and Dvořák's dances.
Composition History
Bruch took an unconscionably long time to complete the Piano Quintet, sending an unfinished version to Kurtz in 1886 and the full finale only after a letter from Kurtz's friends in 1888.
Composition History
The Piano Quintet in G minor was commissioned by Andrew George Kurtz, an amateur pianist and chairman of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, for himself and his friends.
Performer Biography
The Goldner String Quartet, named after Richard Goldner, founder of Musica Viva Australia, has retained all its founding members since its launch in 1995.
Composer Biography
Max Bruch, the composer, was born in Cologne in 1838 to a lawyer father and a distinguished singer mother from a well-known musical family.
Performer Biography
Piers Lane, the pianist on this recording, has been made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished services to the arts.
Composer Biography
Bruch initially showed talent as a painter, but music began to absorb him from the age of nine.
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