The Villiers String Quartet, featured on this album, is named after Villiers Street in London's musical epicentre, reflecting the city's rich music tradition.
Composer Biography
David Matthews, the composer of the Piano Quintet, Op. 92, was mainly self-taught but received help from Nicholas Maw and Peter Sculthorpe, and assisted Benjamin Britten in the late 1960s.
Performer Biography
Martin Cousin, the pianist on this recording, won 1st prize at the 2005 Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition and a Gold Medal at the 2003 Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, Op. 57, was first performed on November 23rd, 1940, by the Beethoven Quartet with Shostakovich himself as the pianist.
Composition History
Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, Op. 57, was awarded a Stalin Prize of 100,000 roubles, confirming the composer's public rehabilitation after official attacks on his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Performer Biography
Martin Cousin's hands were featured on the big screen in the Oscar-winning film Shine for the scenes involving Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto.
Recording & Production
This album features the first recording of David Matthews's Piano Quintet, Op. 92.
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