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Schumann: Piano Quintet - Piano Quartet - Märchenerzählungen

3/4/2013, 12 Tracks, 1:15:10

Featuring

  • Xiayin Wang
  • Ralph Evans
  • Efim Boico
  • Nicolò Eugelmi
  • Wolfgang Laufer
  • Fine Arts Quartet
  • Robert Schumann

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Composition History

Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, was composed in just five days in September 1842 and dedicated to his wife, Clara Schumann.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Fine Arts Quartet, founded in 1946, is one of the most distinguished chamber ensembles, with an extensive recording legacy and international touring history.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Robert Schumann's music often reflects his 'split personality,' characterized by the free and happy Florestan side and the restrained and pensive Eusebius side.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Felix Mendelssohn once filled in for an ailing Clara Schumann as the pianist for a private performance of Schumann's Piano Quintet.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44, had no real precedent and pioneered the form for later great quintets by composers like Brahms, Franck, and Dvořák.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Conductor and scholar Leon Botstein suggests that Schumann's life was influenced by literature, similar to characters like Flaubert's Emma Bovary or Stendahl's Julien Sorel.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Schumann was intensely focused on chamber music between 1841 and 1843, a period following his marriage to Clara Wieck, marked by both happiness and pain.

Source: Booklet

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