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Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1

Composer
Dohnányi Ernő
Original / Hungarian title
Zongoraötös (c-moll), Op. 1
Foreign language / English title
Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1
Dedication
to Hans Koessler
Year of composition
1895
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
pf. - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
28 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
3. Adagio, quasi andante
4. Finale (Allegro animato)
Premiere information
16 June 1895, National Hungarian Royal Academy of Music, Budapest; Luis Berkovich, Louis Pecskai (vl.), Carl Hohlstein (vla.), Ludwig Lebell (vlc.), Ernő Dohnányi (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Doblinger Edition Vienna, D 01819, 1902
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Recordings
Decca CD MCPS 421 423-2, 1988 - András Schiff (pf.), Takács Quartet
Hungaroton HCD-32148, 2003 - István Kassai (pf.), Auer Quartet
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Dohnányi, Ernő: Piano Quartet in F sharp minor; Wedding March; Piano Quintet in C minor Op.1 Hungaroton
The Last Romantic - Dohnányi's American concert recordings Rózsavölgyi és Társa Kiadó