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Piano Quintet in C Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). For piano quintet (piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass). Masterworks; Part(s); Score; String Quintet. Faber Edition. 20th Century and British. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Set of performance parts. Standard notation. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571519539).

ISBN 0571519539. With standard notation. 20th Century and British. 9x12 inches.

The Piano Quintet in C is a substantial and superbly written work lasting some 30 minutes. The first movement, marked Allegro con fuoco, is expansive, loquacious and filled with late romantic passion, its harmonies Brahmsian for the most part but tinged with modality in the quieter passages. The expressive romantic melody of the Andante second movement is fully characteristic of the composer and resembles the song Silent Noon that he composed in the same year. The finale is a set of five well-differentiated variations, ending with a beautiful bell-like coda. This work was written in 1903.

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4 star rating

Location: from Mountain View, CA

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

August 29, 2008

Interesting Early Work

This is one of the early Vaughan Williams pieces that was released long after his death. We think it was withdrawn from publication because it doesn't sound very much like mature Vaughan Williams. It's a very sweet sounding piece but is quite short and bit unconventional in both format and...

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4 star rating

Location: from Logan, UT

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

June 20, 2008

beautiful

This is a beautiful piece. It is very easy to put your heart in this work. despite it having only 3 movements, each movement lasts about 10 minutes. this, in my opinion was a gamble. The first and last movements are wonderful to play and to listen to. however, it...

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