747313449279

Ignaz Pleyel: String Quintets, Ben. 271-273

Pettman Ensemble

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Format: CD

Cat No: 8574492

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Release Date:  10 July 2026

Label:  Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313449279

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  Ignaz Pleyel

  • Description

    The name Pleyel is chiefly remembered today as a piano manufacturer, but the company's founding figure Ignaz Pleyel, a former pupil of Haydn, was one of the most acclaimed composers of the late 18th century. The success of Pleyel's finely wrought twelve String Quintets, the three of which heard on this album inspired Mozart to compose his own quintets in C major and G minor, lies in their well-paced balance between crackling energy and lyrical expansiveness. These highly accomplished works are sprightly, good humoured and filled with such an intrinsic lightness and grace that they are guaranteed to delight as much now as they did centuries ago.