Nils Anders Mortensen, Engeg�rd Quartet - Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44 / Piano Quartet, Op. 47

The combination of piano with string quartet was recognised as a viable ensemble relatively late, no outstanding work of this type appearing until Schumann's Piano Quintet of 1842. Subsequent composers � notably Brahms, Dvo 345;�k, Franck, Faur�, Elgar and Shostakovich � have added further fine works to the repertoire, some of which, like Schumann's, are now regarded as classics.On this recording, Norwegian pianist Nils Anders Mortensen, together with the Engeg�rd Quartet, presents us with Schumann's Piano Quintet Op. 44 and Piano Quartet, Op. 47.