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The music world associates Humperdinck first and foremost with his fairy-tale operas. Chamber music accounts for only a relatively small portion of his oeuvre, but should not be underestimated in its importance.
This release presents the String Quartets and première recording of the Piano Quintet. In the Piano Quintet especially, the catchy themes and its wonderfully melodious middle movement, represent a valuable contribution to late-romantic literature off the beaten track.
Engelbert Humperdinck: String Quartet in C major
I. Allegro moderato
II. Gemachlich
III. Lebhaft
Engelbert Humperdinck: Piano Quintet in G major
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo scherzando
Engelbert Humperdinck: Piano Quintet in E flat major
Piano Quintet in E flat major: Menuet: Allegro
Engelbert Humperdinck: String Quartet Movement in E minor
String Quartet Movement in E minor
Engelbert Humperdinck: String Quartet Movement in C minor
String Quartet Movement in C minor
Engelbert Humperdinck: Notturno in G major (version for violin and string quartet)
Notturno in G major (version for violin and string quartet)
August 2012
“There is some wit in the early Menuet for piano quintet, some ambition in the E minor quartet movement and some solid achievement in the C minor movement...It is also possible to imagine the Notturno going down well as an encore piece for a quartet with a distinguished guest, though it really needs a freer, more voluptuous tone than Lydia Dubrovskaya supplies here. Elsewhere the playing is enthusiastic and well prepared.”
June 2012
“I couldn’t fault the beautiful playing of the Diogenes who adopts a straightforward unadorned style that feels wholly convincing. Glorious string tone and impeccable ensemble are trademarks of this first-rate quartet”
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I. Allegro moderato
