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Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

11/2/2018, 9 Tracks, 1:05:41

Featuring

  • Anna Malikova
  • Seraina Pfenninger
  • Anne Battegay
  • Esther Fritzsche
  • Jonas Vischi
  • Belenus Quartett
  • Robert Schumann
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

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Album & Artwork

The Belenus Quartet is named after Belenus, the Celtic god of the arts.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Robert Schumann was the first composer to combine a string quartet with a piano in a quintet, a formation that inspired later composers like Brahms, Dvorak, Franck, and Shostakovich.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Piano Quintet in 1940 during a period of political and personal turmoil under Stalin's reign, where he faced public denouncements and witnessed friends and family disappear.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet was premiered in 1940 at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with the composer himself at the piano.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Robert Schumann originally intended to dedicate his Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44, to the Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar but instead dedicated it to his wife, Clara Schumann, for her 24th birthday.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet was a huge success with the public and was awarded the Stalin Prize the year after its premiere.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Anna Malikova, the pianist on this recording, was appointed distinguished professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 2018.

Source: Booklet

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