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After twenty-six years at the forefront of British music performance, the Schubert Ensemble is firmly established as one of the world’s leading exponents of chamber music for piano and strings. In 1998 its contribution to British musical life was recognised by the Royal Philharmonic Society which presented the group with the Best Chamber Ensemble Award. The group is passionate about the music of Fauré and in recent years has championed the reflective and highly individual Quintets at its many concerts across the UK. Fauré was taught by Saint-Saëns, a lifelong friend, and Fauré in his turn taught Ravel. He broke new ground: in fusing the pre-baroque modes with the traditional tonal system, he created a fluid sense of constantly shifting harmony which is inimitably his own. The fluidity is apparently effortless, but if you listen closely to his Piano Quintets you will hear great drama, tension and profound emotion, all skilfully demonstrated. ‘Chamber music’, wrote Fauré, ‘really is… true music and the most sincere expression of a genuine personality.’ And in his chamber music he achieved something remarkable. “The Schubert Ensemble handle [Op. 89's] lightweight charms with great tact, understated elegance and an ease even in the long first movement...The second quintet... is a superficially sunnier work, with a positively extrovert scherzo that the Schubert players relish” The Guardian, 28th January 2010 *** “It is hard not to be beguiled by the charms of Fauré's First Piano Quintet when played with the kind of understanding displayed by The Schubert Ensemble. They are similarly convincing in the late C minor Quintet… William Howard brings a suitably fleet-fingered lightness of touch to the shyly virtuosic piano part, and each of the string players combines beauty with incisiveness.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 **** “Committed performances vividly recorded.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 | 
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Cristina Ortiz (piano) Fine Arts Quartet Gabriel Fauré’s chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem (Naxos 8550765), are regaining their rightful place, as the success of his Violin Sonatas (8550906) and Cello Sonatas (8557889) attests. Dubbed the ‘Master of Charm’ by Debussy, Fauré responded to the quasi-orchestral opportunities offered by the piano quintet with two gorgeous works whose frequent economy of means belies the wealth of his inventiveness. The highly chromatic Scherzo of the second Piano Quintet in particular gives Fauré’s works of this period an authentic place in twentieth-century composition. Despite the stylistic and harmonic development evident in these works, as ever with Fauré there are also moments of sheer beauty and melodic inspiration. The Fine Arts Quartet have been praised as “One of the gold-plated names in chamber music” by The Washington Post “Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz joins up with the American Fine Arts Quartet for this disc of Fauré’s two piano quintets. The first, written in the 1890s as Fauré was gaining more public recognition, opens magically, with tinkling piano arpeggios beautifully played by Ortiz, before plunging into vigorous string figures.” Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2009 *** “Fauré's two piano quintets, completed 15 years apart, rank among his greatest chamber works...at budget price this is a real snip.” The Guardian, 19th June 2009 **** “The sweet-toned first violin Ralph Evans produces portamentos worthy of Fauré's friend Jacques Thibaud; Ortiz's playing blends in sensitively, dousing the texture with showers of pianistic glitter; and the ensemble's vibrant emotionalism - though suitably modified for Fauré's purposes - emphasises the questing exploration within the composer's elusive language.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 **** “Ideally balanced and recorded, Christina Ortiz and the Fine Arts Quartet offer performances that are warmly affectionate, fluent and musicianly to the core. Surpassing even Domus's fine Hyperion disc (7/95), these are outstanding readings and Ortiz in particular is memorably sensitive to Fauré's subtle and intricate piano-writing.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Susan Tomes (piano), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Timothy Boulton (viola), Richard Lester (cello) & Anthony Marwood (violin) 'An outstanding issue' (The Guardian) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jean Hubeau (piano) Quatuor Via Nova | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Jean Hubeau, Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, Collette Lequien & Andre Navarra Quatuor Via Nova “Passionate performances of music often thought of as undemonstrative. Rich strings tone, and an overall warmth and vitality which better-mannered players fail to achieve.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2007 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Tomes & Brown Nash Ensemble | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Pascal Rogé (piano) Ysaÿe Quartet | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Bruno Pasquier, Augustin Dumay, Frederic Lodeon, Jean-Philippe Collard | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré - Complete Chamber Music
Fauré: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 Sérénade, Op. 98 Papillon, Op. 77 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 Berceuse, Op. 16 Andante in B flat for Violin and Piano Op. 75 Morceau de concours Romance in B flat major for violin & piano, Op. 28 Fantaisie for flute & orchestra (or flute & piano), Op. 79 Dolly Suite, Op. 56 Intermède symphonique Souvenirs de Bayreuth Allegro symphonique Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115 Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 |
Pierre Barbizet, Jean-Philippe Collard, Samson François, Eric Heidsieck, Bruno Rigutto, Augustin Dumay, Christian Ferras, Frédéric Lodéon, Paul Tortelier, Michel Debost - Quatuor Bernède & Quatuor Parrenin | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Fauré: | Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 Quintetto Fauré ,Di Roma Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115 Quintetto Fauré ,Di Roma Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15 The Ames Piano Quartet Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 The Ames Piano Quartet La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61 Sarah Walker The Nash Ensemble Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 The Nash Ensemble Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 Thomas Igloi (cello), Clifford Benson (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 Thomas Igloi (cello), Clifford Benson (piano) String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Amati Quartet Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Susan Tomes (piano) Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108 Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Susan Tomes (piano) |
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