Manning, Rita - Rubinstein: Piano Quartets - Import CD

Credits:

Manning, Rita

Description:

Leslie Howard appears! World premiere recording by Rubinshtein! Leslie Howard, a world-renowned authority on Franz Liszt and a pianist who has achieved the unprecedented feat of completing the 98-CD "Liszt: The Complete Piano Works". This new recording is a piano quartet by Anton Rubinshtein (1829-1894). The F major quartet is a revision of the Quintet Op.55, originally written for piano and winds (fl, cl, hr, fg), into a quartet version for piano and strings (vn, va, vc); this version is the world premiere recording. The C major quartet was one of Rubinshtein's most popular pieces at the time of its composition, but has been forgotten in modern times, and this album is the world premiere recording.Leslie Howard, who boasts numerous world premiere recordings of Liszt's different manuscripts, fragments, and newly discovered works, plays an unknown masterpiece by Rubinshtein, the virtuoso pianist of the Russian Romantic period. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Piano Quartet in F major, Op. 55bis: Allegro non troppo
2.Piano Quartet in F major, Op. 55bis: Scherzo: Allegro assai
3.Piano Quartet in F major, Op. 55bis: Andante con moto
4.Piano Quartet in F major, Op. 55bis: Allegro appassionato
5.Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 66: Allegro moderato
6.Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 66: Allegro vivace
7.Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 66: Andante assai
8.Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 66: Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco