Franck / Spiegel String Quartet / Michiels: String Quartet / Piano Quintet - COMPACT DISCS

Franck / Spiegel String Quartet / Michiels: String Quartet / Piano Quintet - COMPACT DISCSTitle: String Quartet Piano Quintet Artist: Franck Spiegel String Quartet Michiels Label: MDG Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 760623214528 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2019 08 16 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: 2 PACK Csar Franck and Ernest Chausson: this MDG top interest special edition presents chamber music by two French composers connected by much more than just the teacher pupil relationship. The first release of their string quartets,

Title: String Quartet / Piano Quintet
Artist: Franck / Spiegel String Quartet / Michiels
Label: MDG
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 760623214528
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-08-16
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK

César Franck and Ernest Chausson: this MDG top-interest special edition presents chamber music by two French composers connected by much more than just the teacher-pupil relationship. The first release of their string quartets, Franck's Piano Quintet, and Chausson's Piano Quartet by the Belgian Spiegel String Quartet and the pianist Jan Michiels received an enthusiastic reception from music experts and the listening public alike. Chamber music did not have an easy time in France until Cesar Franck joined forces with like-minded individuals to establish the Societe nationale de musique in 1871. The society's declared goal was to break the dominance of German chamber music- which was also a political priority after France had come out on the losing side of the Franco-Prussian War. And so Frank developed a clear style of melodic emphasis with anticipations of the impressionist era. During the last decade of Franck's life he celebrated the greatest musical successes. Along with the two works recorded here, this period witnessed the composition of his famous Violin Sonata.

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