Michelangelo Piano Quartet, Antonio De Secondi - Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.44, Piano Quartet, Op.47 (2003)

Posted By: tirexiss

Date: May 2, 2019

…is the excellent balance between the keyboard and the string ensembles, that is, between the 1830 fortepiano and the natural gut strings of the historically informed violinists, violist and cellist. That balance is no small thing; it allows the contrapuntal formalism of Schumann's compositions to be realized. The 'touch' of the leather-covered hammers on the lighter strings of the fortepiano makes a cleaner, clearer, pleasanter sound to my ears as well. But that's perhaps an effect of my own immersion in the sounds of pre-Schumann music.
The string players of the Michelangelo Quartet "do" allegro and scherzo affectively. They're good at sounding vivacious and robust. They handle "grandeur" and "nobility" convincingly. It's "tenderness" that they fail to express, and "intimacy" that perhaps they don't hear in Schumann's slower movements where most interpreters find it. The result is that their overall performance of these two works - the Quintet especially - sound somewhat brusque and coarse.
But this is a very subjective judgment, from a listener who hasn't paid much attention to Schumann in the past. Don't take my word for it. Listen for yourself and tell me what YOU hear!

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Track List:

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

[1]-[4] Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
[5]-[8] Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47

Performers:
Michelangelo Piano Quartet
Francesca Vicari violin
Luca Sanzò viola
Luigi Piovano cello
Elena Matteucci piano
with
Antonio De Secondi second violin ([1]-[4])

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