Josef Labor Piano Quintet & Piano Quartet

Started by Alan Howe, Sunday 01 September 2019, 22:26

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Alan Howe


Gareth Vaughan


semloh

A very welcome release!
An ex-radio version of the splendid op.3 quintet, featuring the same pianist, can be heard at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyFRS2mEg_w

Alan Howe

This is a wonderful CD of absolutely stunningly beautiful music - quite Brahmsian, but well able to stand on its own. Full of melody, with some surprising harmonic turns, and beautifully played and recorded.

Santo Neuenwelt

These are great works. We have published and played the Piano Quintet and the Op.11 Quintet for Clarinet, Piano and Strings recorded by the Orion Ensemble on a Cedille CD.

Very much looking forward to the Piano Quartet. And to think that Labor was virtually blind thanks to a childhood case of Smallpox...

These works deserve to be heard in concert and can stand on their own. He is a first rate composer.

Alan Howe

QuoteThese are great works

Indeed they are. Astonishing.