Villiers Stanford: Piano Quintet & String Quintet No. 1

There’s little doubt that Piers Lane and the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, recorded here with superb immediacy, recognise its evident strengths, delivering a
performance of white-hot intensity that... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2013
Catalogue No: CDH55434
Label: Helios
Length: 64 minutes

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Stanford: Piano Quintet in D minor, Op 25

Work length37:14

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Piers Lane (piano)
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

I. Allegro moderato ma agitato

Track length13:07

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II. Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:21

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III. Adagio espressivo

Track length9:32

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IV. Allegro risoluto

Track length8:14

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Stanford: String Quintet No 1 in F major, Op 85

Work length27:23

$4.55

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Garth Knox (viola)
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

I. Allegro

Track length8:27

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II. Andante

Track length6:57

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III. Allegretto

Track length11:59

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The RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, with the support of Garth Knox (viola) and Piers Lane (piano), continue their excellent survey of Stanford’s neglected chamber works with this recording of his String Quintet No 1 and Piano Quintet. Growing up in his native Dublin in the 1850s and ’60s, Stanford was no stranger to high-quality chamber music, even if visits to Ireland’s capital by pre-eminent executants of the genre were sporadic. As a teenager he recalled with affection and excitement the solo recitals of Anton Rubinstein, Sigismund Thalberg and Charles Hallé, and string players such as Camillo Sivori, Ludwig Straus, Henry Vieuxtemps, Alfredo Piatti and of course Joseph Joachim, a friend of his father.

Stanford’s passion and mastery of the idiom are evident in the substantial catalogue of chamber music he produced throughout his life. His invigorating Piano Quintet dates from 1886 and transports its audience from melancholy introspection (the first two movements are in minor keys) to extrovert joy and optimism; the buoyant, richly scored String Quintet No 1—declared by Parry to be an ‘admirable piece of work’—introduces elaborate ornamental figurations resembling traditional Irish singing.

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There’s little doubt that Piers Lane and the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, recorded here with superb immediacy, recognise its evident strengths, delivering a
performance of white-hot intensity that will surely help to make the work far better known … altogether an outstanding release

The performances are deeply committed, and the sound quality is exemplary in both tonal fidelity and balance

A considerable discovery, in sum, which Piers Lane and the Vanbrugh Quartet do absolutely proud … the booklet essay by Jeremy Dibble is, as ever, a
model of scholarly research and enthusiasm. Flawless sound and balance, too, from the experienced Keener/Eadon production crew

They couldn’t ask for more eloquent advocacy than these splendid performances

The Vanbrugh players and their Australian and Scots guests do an absolutely first-class job—the string playing is beautiful and committed, as is the
pianism, and the recordings are superb. So are Jeremy Dibble’s annotations. More please!

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