Piano Quintets

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Alfred Garyevich Schnittke & Constantine Orbelian & Moscow String Quartet

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 is a piano quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1940. Scored for piano and string quartet, it combines lyrical late-Romantic writing, contrapuntal textures and sharp rhythmic drive, juxtaposing intimate chamber textures with passages of intense energy and marking a consolidation of Shostakovich's chamber style at the outset of the Second World War.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: I. Prelude
    7:38
  2. 2.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: II. Fugue
    8:13
  3. 3.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: III. Scherzo
    3:37
  4. 4.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: IV. Intermezzo
    7:10
  5. 5.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: V. Finale
    7:39
  6. 6.
    Piano Quintet: I. Moderato
    6:48
  7. 7.
    Piano Quintet: II. In tempo di valse
    5:39
  8. 8.
    Piano Quintet: III. Andante
    6:36
  9. 9.
    Piano Quintet: IV. Lento.
    4:19
  10. 10.
    Piano Quintet: V. Moderato pastorale
    3:48

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