Max Jentsch - Piano Quintet, Op.50 (1900)

[4candles]

This piece has been mentioned before in the only other Jentsch thread on UC, but a newly prepared midi has been added to YouTube of the above work, which I think does much greater service to the music (and is easier on the ears!) than the previously available midi from Musescore.

Although the midi is no product of the level of Note Performer or Sibelius, it isn't bad at all. The two downsides I noticed initially are the lack of real dynamic variation, and a slightly annoying 'slide' between notes that's noticeable particularly in the first violin. The software's limitations are quite marked in the Finale, unfortunately, which is perhaps the strongest movement.

Looking past these though, I think we now have reason to reassess this work (and this composer in general, which I am trying in my own way to promote). Although slightly long-winded, partially to do with the chosen midi tempi, I think it's a fine piece and is certainly worth recording in my opinion.

Members can make up their own minds.

With a score prepared by Merton Music, available at IMSLP, you can listen here:

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