Dvorak: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2
Miguel Da Silva (viola)
Busch Trio
[In the Lento] the Busch/da Silva seem to these ears to get it just right, with plenty of colour in the cimbalom-like writing and a palpable enjoyment of Dvorak’s dynamic range...A fine recording...
Dvorak: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2
Miguel Da Silva (viola)
Busch Trio
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[In the Lento] the Busch/da Silva seem to these ears to get it just right, with plenty of colour in the cimbalom-like writing and a palpable enjoyment of Dvorak’s dynamic range...A fine recording...
About
Mathieu van Bellen and Ori Epstein are joined by one of their former teachers at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, the violist Miguel da Silva, a founder member of the famous Quatuor Ysaÿe.
The musicians, who share with us their passion for this repertory and their pleasure in playing together.
Part of a series of the Czech composer’s complete chamber music with piano.
The Piano Quartet no.1 in D major op.23 of 1875 was one of the first works in which the young Dvořák, inspired by Schubert, laid the foundations of the compositional style which he would conserve for the rest of his life. Fourteen years later, he composed the Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major op.87, completed under pressure from his publisher.
This work, influenced by Brahms, is one of the masterpieces of his maturity.
Two further recordings will complete this quadriptych of the Czech composer’s keyboard trios, quartets and quintets.
Contents and tracklist
- Miguel Da Silva, Busch Trio
- Recorded: 16-18 December 2017 / 28 February - 2 March 2017
- Recording Venue: Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Belgium, Germany
- Miguel Da Silva, Busch Trio
- Recorded: 16-18 December 2017 / 28 February - 2 March 2017
- Recording Venue: Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Belgium, Germany
Awards and reviews
December 2017
[In the Lento] the Busch/da Silva seem to these ears to get it just right, with plenty of colour in the cimbalom-like writing and a palpable enjoyment of Dvorak’s dynamic range...A fine recording sets the seal on another enticing disc from the Busch.
1st October 2017
This is an outstanding disc. The D major quartet may, despite lovely things, outstay its welcome, but the splendid E flat certainly doesn’t deserve to languish in the shadow of the great piano quintet. I hope this radiant performance will help to rescue it.
