Utwory na płycie:

• Harty: Piano Quintet In F, Op. 12 - 1. Allegro
• Harty: Piano Quintet In F, Op. 12 - 2. Vivace
• Harty: Piano Quintet In F, Op. 12 - 3. Lento
• Harty: Piano Quintet In F, Op. 12 - 4. Allegro Con Brio
• Harty: String Quartet #2 In A Minor, Op. 5 - 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
• Harty: String Quartet #2 In A Minor, Op. 5 - 2. Vivace Sempre Leggiero
• Harty: String Quartet #2 In A Minor, Op. 5 - 3. Lento
• Harty: String Quartet #2 In A Minor, Op. 5 - 4. Allegro Con Brio: Molto Vivace

Piano Quintet in F major Op 12
String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 5
String Quartet No 1 in F major Op 1

Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane and his fellow Australians, the Goldner String Quartet, reprise their highly successful partnership in these world-premiere recordings of the two String Quartets and Piano Quintet of Irish composer Hamilton Harty. Born in County Down, Harty (1879–1941) was a remarkable, self-taught musician who wrote in a lyrical Romantic idiom, as evidenced in these appealing works, while incorporating a modal astringency and folk-music charm that are reminiscent of Percy Grainger. In particular, the winding, pentatonic melody of the Lento of the Piano Quintet a lusciously big-boned work worthy of Tchaikovsky and the delightful

‘hop jig’ of the first movement of String Quartet No 2 seem like settings of folk-melodies that have echoed for centuries around the green hills of Ireland. Intriguingly, however, they are entirely Harty’s own inventio