Felix Draeseke's Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn in B-flat major, Op. 48, was composed in 1888 and published a year later by of Leipzig. It was dedicated to Adolph Stern.

Scoring and structure

The work is scored for piano, violin, viola, cello and horn in F. It is structured in four movements:

Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke)

Allegro con brio, ma non troppo vivace

Andante grave

Scherzo: Presto leggiero

Finale: Allegro con brio – Allegro vivace e leggiero''

It was performed 29 June 1889 in Wiesbaden if not necessarily premiered then.

Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke)

Recordings

In 2017, Tyxart Records released a recording of the Quintet paired with the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano along with other chamber works for horn. There are at least two other recordings as of 2017, on Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm coupled with a work by Robert Schumann and another on Classic Produktion Osnabrück (also released in 2017).

Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke)

References

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Sources

External links

The Finale of the Quintet, performed by the Coburger Draeseke Ensemble in 2011

Compositions by Felix Draeseke

1888 compositions

Draeseke

Compositions in B-flat major