César Franck's Piano Quintet in F minor, considered his first important work, was completed in 1879 and premiered in January 1880 with Saint-Saëns at the piano.
Composition History
Chausson's Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet was premiered in Brussels in 1892 by Eugène Ysaÿe, Auguste Pierret, and the Crickboom Quartet.
Interpretation
The 1931 recording of Chausson's Concerto by Jacques Thibaud (violin) and Alfred Cortot (piano) is described as a magnificently spontaneous performance.
Compositional Technique
Franck's Piano Quintet uses a cyclic form, where the second theme of the first movement reappears in the subsequent two movements.
Composer Biography
Ernest Chausson, a disciple of Franck at the Paris Conservatory, was a promising French composer who died early in his career.
Recording & Production
This recording is part of the 'Archive Performances' series by Peter Biddulph Violins, dedicated to restoring and remastering historical recordings.
Recording & Production
The historical recordings in this series are carefully remastered and presented as state-of-the-art digital transfers from original material.
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