Thuille piano quintet
Ludwig Thuille: piano quintet. Gianluca Luisi, piano; Quartetto Gigli: Marco Rogliano and Judith Hamza violins, Luca Sanzò viola, Sabine Krams cello.
Review By Giv Cornfield,The New Recordings, Cliffs Classics,September 2009
I recall being introduced to Thuille’s very Brahmsian-sounding Sextet for piano and winds by Vernon Duke, founder of the Society for Forgotten Music (SFM). The LP recording we made at the time (1972) was a ‘first’, and created quite a stir among critics. This new recording is excellent in every respect, and the companion work is no less impressive. Pianist Gianluca Luisi is a powerhouse pianist, and both chamber ensembles are finely attuned to the late-Romantic idiom.
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