Robert Schumann: Klavierquintett op.44 auf CD

Aus dem »Kammermusikjahr«
Das Takács Quartett spielt Werke von Robert Schumann, die in seinem »Kammermusikjahr« 1842 entstanden. Nach Studien der Quartette von Haydn, Beethoven und Mozart komponierte Schumann sein Streichquartett op. 41, 3. Die Einflüsse der großen Meister sind spürbar, dennoch ist die musikalische Sprache deutlich differenzierter. Das Klavierquartett in Es-Dur op. 44 wurde nicht nur zum beliebtesten Kammermusikwerk Schumanns, sondern auch zu einem der populärsten Werke dieser Gattung. Im Klavierquartett ergänzt der Pianist Marc-André Hamelin das Takács Quartett. Eine hinreißende Partnerschaft, die in vielen Konzertsälen bereits großen Beifall geerntet hat.

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The peerless Takács Quartet, recently nominated for a

Gramophone award for their second disc of Brahms's string quartets, continue their fêted exploration of the Romantic chamber music tradition with this disc of Schumann.

The Piano Quintet in E flat major is by far Schumann's most popular chamber work and one of the most beloved works in the genre. Schumann was the first romantic composer to pair the piano with the string quartet. It was written during the composer's »chamber music year« (1842) when, »in the first happiness of reunion with the piano, his creative imagination took on a new lease of life« (Joan Chisell, Robert Schumann). Schumann had been studying the string quartets of Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn, and the String Quartet in A major Op 41 No 3 demonstrates these influences, but is written in a characteristic musical language and contains many highly original strokes, particularly the casting of the Scherzo as a set of variations.

The Takács Quartet are joined by Marc-André Hamelin in an invigorating partnership that has already been widely acclaimed on the concert platform.

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»The verve of the Takács is irresistible, especially when the players are partnered in the Piano Quintet by Marc-André Hamelin … The heart quickens most when Hamelin's febrile fingers urge the strings ever further into the Quintet's special blend of turbulence, joy and nostalgia« (The Times)

»Empfehlung des Monats .. Das Klavierquintett klingt gleichermaßen beredt wie fantasievoll, nicht zuletzt dank Marc-Andre Hamelin . Spielfreudiger, kenntnisreicher lasst sich das . [Streichquartett] kaum darstellen« (Fono Forum, Germany)

»Schumann's virtuosic Piano Quintet is one of the glories of the repertoire … The Takács and Hamelin, at once delicate and muscular, combine to spellbinding effect. The earlier String Quartet Op 41 no 3 is played with wistful tenderness« (The Observer)

»Such an outstanding ensemble as the Takács … [A major quartet] Fabulous textural clarity, revealing just how imaginatively resourceful Schumann's writing is, and a special feeling for the troubled, nervous strands in his musical personality« (BBC Music Magazine)

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