Pleyel: String Quintets, B. 271-273 Pettman Ensemble

• Ignaz Pleyel (1757 - 1831): String Quintet in C Major, B. 273:
• 1 Pleyel: String Quintet in C Major, B. 273: I. Moderato 09:49
• 2 Pleyel: String Quintet in C Major, B. 273: II. Adagio 01:54
• 3 Pleyel: String Quintet in C Major, B. 273: III. Rondo 05:48
• String Quintet in E-Flat Major, B. 271:
• 4 Pleyel: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, B. 271: I. Allegro spiritoso 11:48
• 5 Pleyel: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, B. 271: II. Adagio 04:18
• 6 Pleyel: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, B. 271: III. Rondo. Allegro 04:39
• String Quintet in G Minor, B. 272:
• 7 Pleyel: String Quintet in G Minor, B. 272: I. Moderato 08:43
• 8 Pleyel: String Quintet in G Minor, B. 272: II. Andante grazioso 02:32
• 9 Pleyel: String Quintet in G Minor, B. 272: III. Presto 06:37
• Total Runtime 56:08

Info for Pleyel: String Quintets, B. 271-273

The name Pleyel is chiefly remembered today as a piano manufacturer, but the company’s founding figure Ignaz Pleyel, a former pupil of Haydn, was one of the most acclaimed composers of the late 18th century. The success of Pleyel’s finely wrought twelve String Quintets, the three of which heard on this album inspired Mozart to compose his own quintets in C major and G minor, lies in their well-paced balance between crackling energy and lyrical expansiveness. These highly accomplished works are sprightly, good humoured and filled with such an intrinsic lightness and grace that they are guaranteed to delight as much now as they did centuries ago.

Pettman Ensemble

Pettman Ensemble
is a flexible touring group of musicians from New Zealand and Australia dedicated to performing chamber music from early classical repertoire to the music of today. Its core members are Michael Endres (piano), Uwe Grodd (flute), Curt Thompson (violin) and Edith Salzmann (cello). New Zealand’s and Australia’s most talented young artists join the ensemble periodically to perform music for larger groups at festivals and in concerts.

The Pettman Ensemble has performed extensively in New Zealand, Australia and across Europe and in recent years has toured the UK. Based on preparation time spent at the Pettman National Junior Academy, New Zealand’s most successful music scholarship programme, the quartet gave performances at concert series at St John’s Smith Square in London (which was critically acclaimed by the Thoroughly Good Classical Music blog) and the University of Glasgow, with Opera North in Beverley, for the Royal Over-Seas League in London and appeared on BBC Radio 3’s InTune.

Booklet for Pleyel: String Quintets, B. 271-273