The Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions and a major work of nineteenth-century chamber music. Composed for piano and string quartet, the work revolutionized the instrumentation and musical character of the piano quintet and established it as a quintessentially Romantic genre. – Martha Argerich
Schumann by Argerich
Of Foreign Lands and People
Scenes of Childhood (Kinderszenen) No. 1 in G Major
Fantasiestucke 1 and 2
Des Abends in D-Flat Major, Aufschwung in F Minor
Dreaming (Träumerei)
Scenes of Childhood (Kinderszenen) No. 7 in F Major
Piano Quintet: Other Performance
Hélène Grimaud
