Par LEIVISKA HELVI. Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as late Romanticism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Existentialism and Neo-Classicism. Leiviskä's output is characterised by philosophical and religious themes, images of nature and narrative structures. Many of her works focus on human existential angst and spiritual searching and growth. Helvi Leiviskä originally completed her Piano Quartet in A major op. 1 in 1926 but revised it a decade later, in 1935. Written for the traditional piano quartet lineup (violin, viola, cello and piano), the work is in three movements and has a duration of about 25 minutes. It features religious and ecstatic imagery such as may be found in French, German or Russian neo-Romantic styles. Leiviskä's Piano Quartet is considered one of the cornerstones of her chamber music output. Its early version was premiered in two parts at student recitals of the Helsinki Music Institute (the 1st movement in 1925 and the 2nd and 3rd movements in 1926). The revised version was performed in full by Timo Mikkilä (piano), Sulo Aro (violin), Ilmo Ranta (viola) and Pentti Rautawaara (cello) on Finnish radio in 1939. The work was also on the programme of Leiviskä's second composition concert in 1945, being performed on that occasion by Jussi Jalas (piano), Erik Cronvall (violin), Erik Karma (viola) and Yrjö Selin (cello). Two commercial recordings have been released (Finlandia Classics 2012 and Telos Music 2016). It is published for the first time 2022 with an extensive foreword by Susanna Välimäki. The product includes the full score (piano part) and a set of string parts. Duration: c. 25'. Have a look inside by clicking 'sample'. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Répertoire / Quatuor avec Piano

Piano Quartet a minor-Mahler's piano quartet in A minor with pull out violin part. It includes a preface in German English and French.

First movement and a sketch for a Scherzo - (Erstausgabe - First Edition)-Sikorski present the first publication of Mahler's 1876 Piano Quartet a work that reflects the composer's obsession with the great German compositional tradition. The piece reflects Mahler's concerns with the works of Brahms Schubert and Schumann - a highly valuable source of perspective regarding Mahler's early works and the development of his later more distinctive aesthetic.

Piano Quartets-C?est à peine imaginable aujourd?hui mais le public viennois de l?époque reçut le quatuor avec piano K. 478 de Mozart avec une certaine froideur sans doute notamment liée au caractère dramatique de la tonalité de sol mineur en particulier dans le premier mouvement auquel ce compositeur ne l?avait pas habitué. C?est la raison pour laquelle l?éditeur Hoffmeister refusa d?imprimer d?autres quatuors et Mozart ne composa qu?un unique autre quatuor le quatuor en Mi bémol majeur K. 493 alors qu?il avait prévu à l?origine d?en écrire une série de six. C?est très dommage car ces deux quatuors avec piano comptent parmi les joyaux de sa musique de chambre et continuent à ce jourde jouir de la faveur de tous.