Elan Quintet - Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 10 & 22 (2017)
Elan Quintet - Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 10 & 22 (2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:05:43 | 150 Mb
Classical, Chamber Music | Label: Naxos Records
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:05:43 | 150 Mb
Classical, Chamber Music | Label: Naxos Records
It was Robert Schumann who praised the Anglo-French Georges Onslow, alongside Mendelssohn, as one of the successors to the chamber music legacy of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. His string quintets were intended for a market of cultivated amateurs, with parts for a second cello or bass. No. 10 in F minor, Op. 32 reflects Beethoven’s influence, its Sturm und Drang elements revealing a masterly balance between the stable and unpredictable. No. 22 in E flat major, lively and playful, offers an almost Schubertian songfulness. Of the first volume (8.573600) Gramophone wrote: ‘these five players make a beguiling case for this music’.Tracklist:
String Quintet No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 32
1. String Quintet No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 32: I. Largo - Allegro
2. String Quintet No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 32: II. Andante
3. String Quintet No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 32: III. Menuetto. Allegro impetuoso
4. String Quintet No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 32: IV. Allegro agitato
String Quintet No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Op. 57
5. String Quintet No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Op. 57: I. Allegro non tanto vivace
6. String Quintet No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Op. 57: II. Adagio
7. String Quintet No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Op. 57: III. Scherzo. Allegro
8. String Quintet No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Op. 57: IV. Finale pastorale. Allegretto grazioso