Robert Schumann's three string quartets, Op. 41, of 1842, are hardly obscure, but they receive less attention from performers than the contemporaneous Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, or any number of Schumann piano pieces. They are well known to the Emerson String Quartet, who have performed them many times and released them on this 2020 recording; it's the group's debut on the PentaTone label, which gets splendid sonic results from a pair of U.S. college concert halls. Listeners who like high-octane chamber playing ...
Read More
Robert Schumann's three string quartets, Op. 41, of 1842, are hardly obscure, but they receive less attention from performers than the contemporaneous Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, or any number of Schumann piano pieces. They are well known to the Emerson String Quartet, who have performed them many times and released them on this 2020 recording; it's the group's debut on the PentaTone label, which gets splendid sonic results from a pair of U.S. college concert halls. Listeners who like high-octane chamber playing are sometimes annoyed by the Emerson, which tends toward a more restrained style, but whatever the overall merits of the case, the Emerson has something to say with the Schumann quartets. Influenced as they were by Beethoven, what gives the quartets their piquancy (and this is increasingly being seen as true of Schumann's music in classical forms in general) is the way they depart whenever they can from Beethoven's models. The Schumann of the fantastic piano music seems to peek his...
Read Less
Add this copy of String Quartets to cart. $25.55, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by Pentatone.
Add this copy of Schumann: String Quartets to cart. $34.86, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Pentatone.
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2024 Rovi Corporation.