Piano quartets

[franz_]

Hi guys,


I'm searching for nice piano quartets. Are there Rrussian composers who wrote piano quartets?
And I also need a quartet (a short one, or to play a movement from a quartet) which is written after 1950.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!

[franz_]

ah common

[thalbergmad]

I would love to help old chap, but i know bugger all about quartets.

Thal

[retrouvailles]

I assume you are looking for piano quartets for the standard piano and string trio arrangement. Some of my favorites are the Brahms piano quartets. I can't think of any Russian ones right now, unfortunately, but I'll keep thinking. As far as a piano quartet written after 1950, it becomes increasingly harder to find a piano quartet written for the standard piano and string trio arrangement. However, there is a really nice piano quartet written by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks. It's a six movement piece with some length to it, but you can pick one of them. I'll see if I can think of any more recent ones.

[camstrings]

I put in an amazon search for piano quartets with interesting results: composers both familiar & unfamiliar
including Kiel, Fuchs, Gernsheim. Worth a look.

[tsaij]

I also need a quartet (a short one, or to play a movement from a quartet) which is written after 1950.

there is a piano quartet by aaron copland in three movements. only other thing i can think of is feldman (piano, violin, viola, and cello) but i wouldn't call that "short"...

[retrouvailles]

only other thing i can think of is feldman (piano, violin, viola, and cello) but i wouldn't call that "short"...

Isn't that piece over 2 hours long? Or even longer? I don't think I've ever listened to it all the way through.

[richard black]

IMSLP lists Ippolitov-Ivanov, Catoire and Rubinstein as having composed 4tets (you can search by genre). A quick search at musicroom.com gives pages and pages of piano quartets, many written since 1950 (e.g. just from the first page Sallinen, Leighton, Kancheli).

But I'm afraid I can't help with either specific group from personal experience.

[retrouvailles]

I wanted to mention the Leighton quartet, which is marvelous. However, that piece is in one continuous movement and is quite long, so it probably wouldn't meet the original poster's requirements.

[furtwaengler]

Isn't that piece over 2 hours long? Or even longer? I don't think I've ever listened to it all the way through.

I think, unless its a different piece, Feldman's piano quartet fits on a single audio CD. The string quartet...now that's upwards of 6 hours.

Feldman in general is interesting...I can remember reacting to the same recording of Triadic Memories, at one time sublime, and at another time like Chinese water torture. It's all in MY mood. That's what's funny.

[retrouvailles]

The string quartet...now that's upwards of 6 hours.

The second one, actually, but thanks for the clarification on the piano quartet. I'll have to give it another listen. On the topic of Feldman, I find him a mixed bag. I really enjoy his vocal works, especially his opera Neither and Rothko Chapel, but his chamber music is very very hit or miss.