Franck: Piano Quintet - Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14
5/27/2022, 7 Tracks, 1:10:03
Featuring
Jana Vonášková
Maria Fuxová
Josef Klusoň
Jonáš Krejčí
François Dumont
Pražák Quartet
César Franck
Antonín Dvořák
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Compositional Technique
The cyclic process, inherited from Beethoven and Liszt, ensures the overall unity of Franck's Piano Quintet, with thematic material recurring across movements.
Composition History
César Franck began his Piano Quintet in F minor in November 1878, hoping its success would help him obtain a composition class at the Conservatory.
Composition History
Dvořák's String Quartet No. 14 was completed on December 30, 1895, after he returned to Bohemia from the USA, reflecting the joy of homecoming.
Compositional Technique
Franck's Piano Quintet in F minor inaugurated an innovative style for French chamber music, characterized by highly charged chromaticism, large-scale architectural conception, and a cyclic process.
Composer Biography
César Franck, though French by adoption, was born in Liège, Belgium, to a mother of German ancestry, before Belgium gained independence.
Composer Biography
Antonín Dvořák lived and taught in the USA from 1892 at the National Conservatory of Music in America, invited by its director Jeannette Thurber.
Composer Biography
César Franck led a double career as an organist, holding the prestigious Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Sainte-Clotilde church, and as a teacher.
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