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The fifth CD boxed set, Vol. V, from the series The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings is dedicated to nineteenthcentury
Romantic composers. This six-volume edition presents exclusively first releases on CD.
The Amadeus Quartet included a wider repertoire in the broadcasting studio than in the recording studio.
Works by Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann interpreted by the Amadeus Quartet can be heard here for
the first time on CD. And five works in this edition represent novel repertoire that the Amadeus Quartet
never recorded on LP: Dvořák's Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, Grieg's String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27,
Mendelssohn's String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12, as well as Schumann's String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41,
No. 3 and Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44.
Only half the works recorded here belong to the string quartet genre. The Amadeus Quartet enjoyed collaborating
with other musicians and did so often. In the three piano quintets by Brahms, Dvořák, and Schumann,
they performed together with pianist Conrad Hansen, who had appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic under
Wilhelm Furtwängler in the 1940s. In the string quintets by Brahms and Bruckner, the Amadeus Quartet is
joined by South African-born Cecil Aronowitz – the musician they always turned to when in need of a second
violist. And in Brahms's Clarinet Quintet we hear Heinrich Geuser, regarded as Germany's leading clarinetist in
the 1950s.
Disc 1
I. Allegro
II. Romanze. Poco Adagio
III. Allegretto Molto Moderato E Comodo
IV. Allegro
I. Vivace
II. Andante
III. Agitato. Allegretto Non Troppo
IV. Poco Allegretto Con Variazioni
Disc 2
I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Andante, Un Poco Adagio
III. Scherzo. Allegro
IV. Finale. Poco Sostenuto - Allegro Non Troppo
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Andantino - Presto Non Assai, Ma Con Sentiment
IV. Con Moto - Un Poco Meno Mosso
Disc 3
I. Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio
II. Adagio
III. Un Poco Allegretto
IV. Vivace Ma Non Troppo Presto
I. Gemäßigt. Moderato
II. Scherzo. Schnell - Trio. Langsamer
III. Adagio
IV. Finale. Lebhaft Bewegt
Disc 4
I. Allegro Brillante
II. In Modo D'una Marcia. Un Poco Largamente - Agitato
III. Scherzo. Molto Vivace
IV. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
I. Andante Espressivo - Allegro Molto Moderato
II. Assai Agitato - Un Poco Adagio - Tempo Sisoluto
III. Adagio Molto
IV. Finale. Allegro Molto Vivace
Disc 5
I. Adagio Non Troppo - Allegro Non Tardante
II. Canzonetta. Allegretto
III. Andante Espressivo
IV. Molto Allegro E Vivace
III. Capriccio
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Prestissimo
IV. Scherzo. Fuga. Allegro Assai Mosso
Disc 6
I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
II. Dumka. Andante Con Moto - Un Pocchettissimo Più Mosso
III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto Vivace - Trio. Poco Tranquillo
IV. Finale. Allegro
I. Un Poco Andante - Allegro Molto Ed Agitato
II. Romanze. Andantino - Allegro Agitato
III. Intermezzo. Allegro Molto Marcato - Più Vivo E Scherzando
IV. Finale. Lento - Presto Al Saltarello |
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