Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49 (1894)
I. Allegro [0:00]
II. Allegretto quasi andantino [4:52]
III. Largo - Molto presto [10:00]
Alissa Margulis & Geza Hosszu-Legocky, violin
Lyda Chen, viola
Natalia Margulis, cello
Gabriela Montero, piano (2010)
Enrique Granados's Piano Quintet in G minor was written in 1894, when the composer was 27. It is a work in three movements typically lasting around 15 minutes.
"The three-movement Quintet is relatively brief (barely fifteen minutes long), and it features an extroverted part for the piano–doubtless Granados conceived this part for himself (he was superb pianist). The Allegro gets off to a vigorous beginning with a unison marcato statement, and more lyric secondary material arrives quickly. As part of the development Granados treats his opening idea to some fugal extension, and a return of that theme drives the movement to its abrupt concluding chords.
The mood changes completely in the central Allegretto quasi Andantino. Strings are muted here, and the violin’s quiet opening melody breathes a faintly Moorish atmosphere. The warm central episode in A major flows smoothly, and Granados closes out the movement by recalling both his principal themes.
The finale opens with a Largo introduction, but this lasts for about two seconds, and off this movement goes, whipping along its snapped rhythms. This breathless mood is broken by several episodes that have an exotic atmosphere all their own–they have been described as gypsy melodies. At the end, Granados brings back themes from the first movement, and these propel the Quintet to its close on two ringing G-minor chords."
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