Dohnanyi: Piano Quintets Nos.1 & 2, String Quartet - Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin

        
Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor Op 1[30'40]
1 Allegro[8'41]
2 Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio – Reprise[5'01]
3 Adagio, quasi andante[8'36]
4 Finale: Allegro animato – Allegro[8'22]

String Quartet No 2 in D flat major Op 15[24'32]
5 Andante – Allegro[8'11]
6 Presto acciaccato[5'08]
7 Molto adagio – Animato[11'13]

Piano Quintet No 2 in E flat minor Op 26[25'43]
8 Allegro non troppo[9'47]
9 Intermezzo: Allegretto[5'14]
10 Moderato – Tempo del primo pezzo[10'42]

The celebrated partnership of Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet has already set down reference recordings of piano quintets by Schumann, Franck and Shostakovich, and this latest addition is equally illustrious; an important milestone in the critical re-evaluation of the work of Ernő Dohnányi.