Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet, Op. 47 (1842)

Описание: Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.

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Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 (1842)
Dedication: Dem Grafen Mathieu Wielhorski (1794-1866) gewidmet

1. Sostenuto assai — Allegro ma non troppo (0:00)
2. Scherzo. Molto vivace (9:42)
3. Andante cantabile (13:22)
4. Finale. Vivace (19:56)

The Atlantis Ensemble
Jaap Schröder, violin
Daniel Foster, viola
Enid Sutherland, cello
Penelope Crawford, fortepiano

Like the Piano Quintet, the Piano Quartet was written with his wife Clara in mind, though it was dedicated to Count Mathieu Wielhorsky, a Russian cellist and impresario. A private performance of the work took place on 5 April 1843 at the Schumanns' home in Leipzig, with Clara at the piano, who described the quartet in her diary as a "beautiful work, so youthful and fresh, as if it were his first". After making several revisions, on 24 August 1843 Schumann offered the work to the publisher Friedrich Whistling [de] and received a fee of 100 thaler. After several delays due to the Schumanns' tour of Russia in 1844, where the work was performed at a private recital, it was published in May 1845. The manuscript is today held at the Berlin State Library, while the initial sketches have been lost.

The premiere took place on 8 December 1844 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig with Clara Schumann (piano), Ferdinand David (violin), Niels Gade (viola), and Franz Karl Wittmann (cello), as part of a farewell concert for the Schumanns, who were leaving Leipzig for Dresden.