Takacs Quartet / Ohlsson,Garrick Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets CD

Amy Beach's piano quintet proved a deservedly popular success in it's early years. On this recording from the Takcs Quartet and Garrick Ohlsson, it makes a compelling, and surprising, match for Elgar's own piano quintet. A late work by the composer, written around the time of the cello concerto, it inhabits a similar emotional landscape.

1. Beach Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - I. Adagio - Allegro Moderato 2. Beach: Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - II. Adagio Espressivo 3. Beach: Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor, Op 67 - III. Allegro Agitato - Pi? Lento - Tempo I - Adagio Come I - Presto 4. Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - I. Moderato - Allegro 5. Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - II. Adagio 6. Elgar: Piano Quintet in a Minor, Op 84 - III. Andante - Allegro