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| 1. Sostenuto Assai - Allegro Ma Non Troppo |
| 2. Scherzo. Molto Vivace |
| 3. Andante Cantabile |
| 4. Finale. Vivace |
| 5. Allegro Brillante |
| 6. In Modo D'una Marcia. Un Poco Largamente |
| 7. Scherzo. Molto Vivace |
| 8. Finale. Allegro Ma Non Troppo |
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The Piano Quintet Op.44 and Piano Quartet Op.47 date from a brief period during which Schumann focused his attention intensively on chamber music (between June 1842 and January 1843). These works underline his wish to escape from the solo piano, now too restricted for his overflowing imagination, as he told Clara. The Quintet, which made a powerful impression on Wagner, is probably one of his most sophisticated works, into which Schumann poured all the creative energy he derived from meticulous examination of similar works by his predecessors, especially Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert. Alexander Melnikov joins the Jerusalem Quartet, nominated for a 3rd BBC Music Magazine Award in 2012.
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HMF 902122; HARMONIA MUNDI - Francia; Classica da camera
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For all the premeditation of Schumann's career - moving from Lieder to chamber music to orchestral music year after year - there is something essentially fresh about his Piano Quintet and Quartet. It is that immediacy that breathes through this new recording by Alexander Melnikov and the Jerusalem Quartet. While it's a little too forceful at times, the results are rousing.
The urgency of the Piano Quartet almost threatens to run away itself. But while Melnikov and the quartet rush its gathering unison phrases, there is plenty of excitement on offer. Seeing its pert classicism not as a reactionary position but as a call to arms, the group play with wonderfully full sound, while in the introduction to the first movement and the following Andante, the string tone captures a gracious dying fall. Perhaps the fugal finale needs a little more tethering to its bar lines, but you can't help but relish the thrill.
And from the sharp intake of breath preceding the first chord of the Piano Quintet, you know that this will be an equally exciting performance. The peppy brusqueness of the piano quartet is equally present here. Sometimes, you wish Melnikov would take a leaf out of Martha Argerich's more lyrical book, providing a sob at the end of the line in the second subject (as his string playing colleagues do), but he leaves us in no doubt that this is music with a sense of purpose.
Odd then that the march in the second movement feels rather slack. It is totally out of character in an otherwise taut recording, as both piano and strings anticipate each and every beat. And its lyrical counterpart feels equally underplayed. But, moving on from that disappointment, the scherzo and finale are back on punchy form. While this is not quite the whole Schumann story, it an enjoyable disc nonetheless.
The urgency of the Piano Quartet almost threatens to run away itself. But while Melnikov and the quartet rush its gathering unison phrases, there is plenty of excitement on offer. Seeing its pert classicism not as a reactionary position but as a call to arms, the group play with wonderfully full sound, while in the introduction to the first movement and the following Andante, the string tone captures a gracious dying fall. Perhaps the fugal finale needs a little more tethering to its bar lines, but you can't help but relish the thrill.
And from the sharp intake of breath preceding the first chord of the Piano Quintet, you know that this will be an equally exciting performance. The peppy brusqueness of the piano quartet is equally present here. Sometimes, you wish Melnikov would take a leaf out of Martha Argerich's more lyrical book, providing a sob at the end of the line in the second subject (as his string playing colleagues do), but he leaves us in no doubt that this is music with a sense of purpose.
Odd then that the march in the second movement feels rather slack. It is totally out of character in an otherwise taut recording, as both piano and strings anticipate each and every beat. And its lyrical counterpart feels equally underplayed. But, moving on from that disappointment, the scherzo and finale are back on punchy form. While this is not quite the whole Schumann story, it an enjoyable disc nonetheless.
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1 Nov 2012
By Juan Alberto Fuentes K.
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Beautiful. Mellnikov is a proven pianist, and the Jerusalem Quartet is remarkable. The way they play Schumann's Piano Quintet is simply outstanding.
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