Piano quintet
Hello!
This year I will play with a group of four strings and piano. We would like to begin with some classical piece because we don't meet each other nor the method of our work. To start with something romantic seems a little unsafe. Any suggest? Thank you!
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Brahms, Schumann, Franck.
Hi,
The three quintets mentioned above are certainly the most well-known. The Schumann is the most accessible, while the Franck is rather monumental and long.
If you would like less-often performed works, there is a Dohnanyi quintet which is quite nice (I think it is opus 1). Other works might be the Fauré quintet, the Shostakovitch quintet, or the Korngold quintet.
Best of luck and cheers!
The Brahms is quite difficult.
What about Boccherini?
Also difficult but beautiful - Dvorak and Elgar
Chamber music database: www.earsense.org (search under "Piano Quintet" in the drop-down menu).
I believe Mara wrote that she's looking for a Classical era piano quintet, rather than a Romantic era piece.
Brahms, the others are not as fun.
Thanks for your more careful reading, Johnny! I can't think of any Classical era piano quintets. But Mozart wrote some lovely string quintets and piano quartets.
First of all, thank you your suggestions. I'm really trying to find something that will work well with a new group. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of classical pieces for two violins, viola, cello and piano. I just Know Boccherini and Dussek (I found this in site Johnny suggest). Do you know piano quintet of Dussek? Anyway, we can play some romantical quintet. Dvorak or Schumann mabe...
Brahms! Not an easy sight read, but doable with some work and much fun.
Have you considered looking at Haydn or Mozart, some of their works that include piano with a string ensemble?
I did some concerts in Prague some years back where we did the piano concertos as chamber ensembles...
Do you know the level of the pianist? That's a tough formation to start out with if you don't know . The standard piano quintet repertoire is very limited...compared to 4tets or trios..most of it could be a challenge for the pianist. In my experience the nature of chamber music with piano is such that the pianist in particlar has to be extremely good
If your pianist is really good and you have plenty of time to essays, try great Sergei Taneyev's piano quintet.
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September 28, 2011 at 03:58 AM ·
Perhaps the Mozart quintet for piano & winds (KV 452)--which is transcribed for piano & string quartet. You can even find all the parts at imslp.org (And look under the tab "Arrangements and Transcriptions.")
http://imslp.org/wiki/Quintet_in_E-flat_major,_K.452_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)
There is also the Beethoven quintet for piano & winds Op 16--which is also transcribed for piano & string quartet. But you may have to purchase the music.