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.