HENLE DVORAK Piano Quintet In A Major Op.81 Urtext

The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super heavyweight class” amongst chamber-music ensembles: the piano’s powerful sonority encounters an equal partner in the string quartet itself, already constituting an independent ensemble in its own right. This combination offers a wide palette of timbres that allows an enormous dynamic range, progressing from intimate duets to nearly symphonic scope.

Dvořák’s contribution to the genre is especially loved by listeners and musicians alike, combining, as it does, melodic riches and immediately appealing ideas with musical depth and masterly formal design. Since Antonín Čubr’s commendable contribution to the Dvořák Complete Edition in 1955, no critical edition of the op. 81 quintet had nevertheless appeared to this day.