Amy Beach's piano quintet proved a deservedly popular success in it's early years. On this recording from the Takács Quartet and Garrick Ohlsson, it makes a compelling, and surprising, match for Elgar's own piano quintet. A late work by the composer, written around the time of the cello concerto, it inhabits a similar emotional landscape.
1 Beach Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - I. Adagio - Allegro Moderato
2 Beach: Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - II. Adagio Espressivo
3 Beach: Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - III. Allegro Agitato - Più Lento - Tempo I - Adagio Come I - Presto
4 Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - I. Moderato - Allegro
5 Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - II. Adagio
6 Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - III. Andante - Allegro
Amy Beach's piano quintet proved a deservedly popular success in it's early years. On this recording from the Takács Quartet and Garrick Ohlsson, it makes a compelling, and surprising, match for Elgar's own piano quintet. A late work by the composer, written around the time of the cello concerto, it inhabits a similar emotional landscape.
