Thieriot, chamber music-- volume 3!

Started by eschiss1, Monday 08 July 2024, 12:49

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eschiss1

Yay, Toccata Classics! A third volume of Thieriot's chamber music with two substantial quartets for piano and strings (from 1905 and 1913) is announced for September 20. Thank you!

Mark Thomas


Ilja


Alan Howe


Jonathan


Alan Howe

I'm really glad that this series is being continued so soon after vol.2 - from the excerpts available, this sounds absolutely wonderful. The other day I tried (once again) to get my head round Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, but I almost had a breakdown in the attempt (!) and so it's good to return to music by such as Thieriot - balm for the soul.

eschiss1

I agree on the first part, though I am a fan of the Schoenberg work, having even listened to it (sometimes in different recordings) every day for a month at one point iirc (a few decades ago, I think)...
(Now his violin phantasy, I do find hard going.)

eschiss1

I also see that Toccata Classics' Pipeline page still lists volume 2 as upcoming and volume 3 not at all. May need updating.

Alan Howe

This'll be an absolutely outstanding release...

Gareth Vaughan

I am really looking forward to it. Thieriot's music is very fine, IMHO.

Alan Howe

The 3rd and 4th Piano Quartets are now on YouTube:
No.3:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCeRrS5Oilw&t=188s
No.4:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3P4iQK3yLs

This is truly superb music. As good as Brahms, I'd say.

eschiss1

ok, imho the real test of that statement is whether a work will -also- repay relistening over time etc* but I catch your meaning and thanks for the links!

*Just heard one of Brahms' own piano quartets live this weekend that I had not heard live before, and noticed things I hadn't despite knowing the work for decades. (May there always be a reason to come back, of course...)

Alan Howe

For me this is one of the chamber music releases of 2024. No.4 is absolutely sublime - music on such an exalted level of inspiration that I'm astonished it's almost completely unknown. Until now!

Mark Thomas

Absolutely agree! The Second Piano Quartet has been available for some time from cpo and there's a pretty decent amateur performance of the early First Piano Quartet on YouTube.

eschiss1

The early first piano quartet's not only on YouTube, it's actually been recorded commercially. The coupling is Andreas Romberg's quartet Op.19- a composer who may be too early for us and hence the disc may have passed us by? (Also, it came out just this year.)