Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 1, Piano Quintet

Featuring

Václav Remeš
Vlastimil Holek
Josef Klusoň
Michal Kaňka
Evgeni Koroliov
Pražák Quartet

Robert Schumann

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Composition History

The Opus 41 string quartets are dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a fellow composer, and were published on Robert Schumann's birthday as a gift for his wife, Clara.

Composition History

The Piano Quintet, Op.44, was completed in October 1842, with its first private performance on November 29, and Clara Schumann found it 'brilliant and full of effects'.

Composer Biography

Before 1839, Robert Schumann, the composer, focused exclusively on solo piano works, but in 1842, he turned his attention to chamber music.

Recording & Production

This album reconstructs the public concert given at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig on the morning of January 8, 1843, featuring the String Quartet Op.41 no.1 and the Piano Quintet Op.44.

Notable Performances

The public premiere of the String Quartet in A minor, Op.41 no.1, took place on January 8, 1843, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in attendance, who greatly admired it.

Composition History

Franz Liszt, a renowned composer and pianist, suggested to Schumann as early as 1839 that he compose chamber music, believing it would be successful.

Composition History

Schumann composed the three Opus 41 string quartets in just a few weeks in 1842, after extensive study of masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.