“A relaxed approach pays dividends: from the start the new performances are less rigid, less strictly a tempo than the old … the new disc shows how that makes a great deal of difference when rhythms in fast movements are sprung more persuasively, giving a sparkle to the music; and in the funeral march of the second movement of the Quintet there is a hushed tension, a sense of presence, that was far less evident before. In other words, the new disc conveys the clear feeling of live communication … (and so) there is every advantage in this new disc, particularly when the recording is just as well balanced and vivid as the old.” (Gramophone)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Op. 44, Quartet in E-Flat Op. 47
