The concept of the 'idée fixe' in French Romanticism was first significantly featured in Hector Berlioz's 'Symphonie fantastique' in 1830.
Performer Biography
Barbara Buntrock, the violist of the Mariani Piano Quartet, plays on a viola made by Antonio Mariani in Pesaro around 1650.
Performer Biography
The Mariani Piano Quartet formed in 2009 after their first joint concert at the Hagnau Classical Music Festival on Lake Constance.
Performer Biography
The Mariani Piano Quartet gained wider attention at the German Music Competition in 2011 and with their debut CD 'Phantasy' two years later.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Both Fauré's and Enescu's piano quartets on this album are characterized by an 'idée fixe', a recurring leitmotivic theme that underpins nearly every theme in all movements.
Composer Biography
George Enescu, one of the composers on this album, studied composition in Paris with Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré from 1895 to 1899, alongside Maurice Ravel.
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