This pairing of Schumann’s larger-scale chamber works has lightness and clarity, the instruments are beautifully balanced It’s eight years now since violinist Isabelle Faust, cellist Jean-Guihen ...

Trio Wanderer capture Schumann’s playfulness in a group of works demanding contrast and balance Schumann composed four piano trios altogether – the three that are numbered, and a set of four pieces ...

The piano quintet, in its most common configuration of piano plus string quartet, is an exalted form of chamber music which composers have typically tried just once. Why there are so few examples is a ...

This season’s chamber music series at Samueli Theater opened Tuesday night with a concert that felt genuinely significant. The adventurous and bravura pianist Marc-André Hamelin and the Pacifica ...

Early critics called it "tormented" and "unmusical." But opinions have changed a bit since then — it's now considered one of the greatest pieces of chamber music ever written. We'll hear a performance ...

Piano Quintet Molinari Quartet Louise Bessette, Piano Alfred Schnittke, Composer Their performance of Schnittke’s Piano Quintet, with Canadian pianist Louise Bessette, highlights another asset, the ...

If you're fond of César Franck's piano quintet and wondered if anyone else ever wrote another work in the same spirit, you'll be delighted to discover the 1917 quintet by Franck's pupil, Gabriel ...

Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello Isabelle Faust, Violin Antoine Tamestit, Viola Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello Alexander Melnikov, Piano Schumann’s was the first great piano quintet, an ...