Franck: Piano Quintet - Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14

Description

The perfect harmony of the Prazak Quartet The first great French piano quintet, César Franck's Quintet will be completed in 1879 and premiered in January 1880. Of an intensity and lyricism then unheard of in the French chamber repertoire, it will act as a renewal of this repertoire, paving the way for Chausson, D'Indy, or Fauré, and of Franck's style. The Prazák Quartet and François Dumont come together to celebrate the two hundred years of the composer with this masterpiece of expressive force. The Prazák Quartet completes the program with Dvorak's last string quartet, composed while he was back home after three years in America. In the thousand subtleties of expression and color, one finds the same lyrical breath that animates Franck's Quintet, both rendered with ardor, superbly and with sonic beauty by the Prazák Quartet and François Dumont.