Nils Anders Mortensen, Engegård Quartet
Description
The combination of piano with string quartet was recognised as a viable ensemble relatively late, no outstanding work of this type appearing until Schumann's Piano Quintet of 1842. Subsequent composers – notably Brahms, Dvo 345;ák, Franck, Fauré, Elgar and Shostakovich – have added further fine works to the repertoire, some of which, like Schumann's, are now regarded as classics.
On this recording, Norwegian pianist Nils Anders Mortensen, together with the Engegård Quartet, presents us with Schumann's Piano Quintet Op. 44 and Piano Quartet, Op. 47.
Tracklisting
Sunniva Rodland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Andris Poga
Ole Martin Huser-Olsen
Amalie Stalheim
Tine Thing Helseth; Bergen Philharmonic; Petr Popelka
Engegard Quartet
Berit Norbakken; Arctic Philharmonic; Hennig Kraggerud
Oslo Kammerakademi; David Friedemann Strunck
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Diana Umali, Philip Barnes
Paolo Restani
Utrecht String Quartet, Ilona Timcenko
Trio Hermes/Ginevra Bassetti/ Francesca Giglio/Marianna Pulsoni
Simone Pierini
Reinhard Kluth
Ondrej Sindelar, Sergio Azzolini, Rosonanza Praga
Maria Umbert Kimura, Somerville College Choir; Will Dawes
