Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke) explained

Felix Draeseke's Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn in B-flat major, Op. 48, was composed in 1888 and published a year later by of Leipzig. It was dedicated to Adolph Stern.

Scoring and structure

The work is scored for piano, violin, viola, cello and horn in F. It is structured in four movements:

1. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo vivace
2. Andante grave
3. Scherzo: Presto leggiero
4. Finale: Allegro con brio – Allegro vivace e leggiero

It was performed 29 June 1889 in Wiesbaden^[1] if not necessarily premiered then.

Recordings

In 2017, Tyxart Records released a recording of the Quintet paired with the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano along with other chamber works for horn. There are at least two other recordings as of 2017, on Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm coupled with a work by Robert Schumann^[2] and another on Classic Produktion Osnabrück (also released in 2017).^[3]

References

Notes

Sources

• Web site: Review: Felix Draeseke - Quintet for String Trio, Piano and Horn. Westhead. Jim. Musicweb. 2017. 2017-03-07.

External links

• • The Finale of the Quintet, performed by the Coburger Draeseke Ensemble in 2011
• Web site: Felix Draeseke: Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn, Op.48 (soundbites and discussion). Edition Silvertrust.

Notes and References

1. Performance on 29 June 1889 announced in an ad for an annual Tonkunstlerverein in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 15 May 1889 issue, p.236, and reviewed pp.355-356, 24 July 1889 issue.
2. http://www.mdg.de/titel/0673.htm Description of CD at MDG.de
3. https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/felix-draeseke-quintett-op-48-fuer-klavier-horn-streichtrio/hnum/5892047 Official JPC/CPO description of the new cpo recording