Utwory na płycie:

• Ornstein: Piano Quintet, Op. 92 - 1. Allegro Barbaro
• Ornstein: Piano Quintet, Op. 92 - 2. Andante Lamentoso
• Ornstein: Piano Quintet, Op. 92 - 3. Allegro Agitato
• Ornstein: String Quartet #2, Op. 99 - 1. Moderato Ma Animato
• Ornstein: String Quartet #2, Op. 99 - 2. Lento Malincolio
• Ornstein: String Quartet #2, Op. 99 - 3. Presto Con Fuoco

Piano Quintet Op 92
String Quartet No 2 Op 99

The young pianist-composer Leo Ornstein went from wowing the ladies with his virtuosity to writing a Violin Sonata in 1915 of such atonal violence that it frightened even him.

By the time of the two works recorded here his style was more rounded. The mix of enfant terrible and Lisztian piano-slayer is now tempered by an intense lyricism, the rhythmic energy balanced by searing poetry.

In the exhilarating hands of Marc-André Hamelin and the Pacifica Quartet these performances fizz with exuberance. A real treat.