Onslow : Quintettes à cordes Volume 2

Description

Just like Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann praised the composer Georges Onslow. According to them, the Anglo-French composer was the worthy successor to Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in the field of chamber music. His string quintets were intended for an audience of cultured amateurs. The Quintet No. 10 in F minor, Op. 32 reflects his Beethovenian influences. The Quintet No. 22 in E-flat major, lively and light, offers an almost Schubertian power. Gramophone wrote about the first volume: "these five musicians play this music wonderfully."