Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. «Le soir, nous avons joué pour la première fois chez nous le Quatuor en mi bémol de Robert, et j’ai nouveau charmée par cette belle oeuvre, si juvénile». C’est ainsi que Clara Schumann exprime son enthousiasme en 1842. Pour se préparer, Schumann avait étudié les quatuors à cordes des classiques viennois. Toutes les parties du quatuor sont ainsi équilibrées, selon un style marqué de musique de chambre, s’interpénètrent et forment un magnifique ensemble. En raison de la complexité des sources, notre édition Urtext est accompagnée d’un commentaire critique détaillé. Sous forme de dépliant, la partie de violoncelle répond tout spécialement à la pratique. Le Quatuor pour piano etcordes et le Quintette pour piano et cordes op. 44, caractérisés d’«oeuvres soeurs», ont été composés par Schumann dans son année «musique de chambre». Raison pour laquelle nous avions publié en même temps en 2006, l'année Schumann, les deux oeuvres. / Partition brochée / Répertoire / Quatuor avec Piano

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

for piano quartet. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turned out. 2010 is a Chopin year, and I made this pair of nocturnes into a little tribute, after playing through and listening to most of his output. Never before had I composed under these drugged conditions – the musical dimensions were enormously exaggerated, with each interval and each phrase being elongated out of all proportion, and the whole few minutes filling the whole of time and space. The orchestration, for piano quartet, was influenced by the very neo-classical feel of the chamber version of the concertos, and the harmonic language very much the result of pondering Chopin’s very individual take on J.S Bach. They are dedicated to James MacMillan and Amelia Freedman respectively. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2010)/ Répertoire / Piano, Violon, Alto et Violoncelle

oeuvre contemporaine originale pour trio à cordes et piano.Commande de l'Ensemble ContrasteCréation du 22 juillet 2010, au festival d'Obernai (France), par Geneviève Laurenceau (violon), Arnaud Thorette (alto), Antoine Pierlot (violoncelle) et Johan Farjot (piano). / Quatuor