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Johann Wilhelm Wilms: 2 Piano Quartets

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Composer
WILMS, JOHANN WILHELM
Artist
Valentin Klavierquartett
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jun 21, 2019
Catalog #
555247-2
UPC
761203524723

About

The German-Dutch composer Johann Wilhelm Wilms lived during the interesting transitional period between Classicism and Romanticism and therefore numbers among the composers who built on Haydn and Mozart and formed the bridge to Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin. His two Piano Quartets op. 22 and op. 30 were published in 1808 and 1812 but must have been composed a few years earlier. Although they continue to adhere completely to the spirit of the eighteenth century, above all in formal matters, they make use of all the advances in intensified virtuosity and harmonic freedom, so that they operate on the same high level as the masterpieces composed during the same period by Franz Danzi, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, and Carl Maria von Weber. Wilms was not only a flutist and a pianist but also a master of instrumentation and more successfully than other composers of his times maintained the difficult balance between the concertizing piano, which mostly brilliantly and triumphantly shines, and the strings, which skillfully accompany it while also enjoying their share of the spotlight as soloists.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro 14:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    14:12
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  2. 2 II. Larghetto 08:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  3. 3 III. Allegro 07:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  4. 4 I. Allegro 11:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:04
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  5. 5 II. Adagio 07:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  6. 6 III. Scherzando: Allegro - Trio 02:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzando: Allegro - Trio
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet
  7. 7 IV. Polonaise: Allegretto 08:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Polonaise: Allegretto
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Johann Wilhelm Wilms
    Ensemble
    Valentin Piano Quartet