Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) is remembered mostly for big choral works redolent of the late Victorian era. Recordings of his chamber music are rare; the Allmusic.com database lists only one other recording of the Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor recorded here. Both this, and the Piano Quartet in A flat major are mature, serious works of Parry, written for a chamber music series held in a London enthusiast's home, and are both well worth rediscovery. The models of Brahms and Schumann are not far away, and annotator Jeremy Dibble ...
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Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) is remembered mostly for big choral works redolent of the late Victorian era. Recordings of his chamber music are rare; the Allmusic.com database lists only one other recording of the Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor recorded here. Both this, and the Piano Quartet in A flat major are mature, serious works of Parry, written for a chamber music series held in a London enthusiast's home, and are both well worth rediscovery. The models of Brahms and Schumann are not far away, and annotator Jeremy Dibble suggests that Parry might well have familiarized himself with Brahms' chamber music at this very series. There is a freedom of form and a general level of passion that exempts the music from any charge of being derivative. Sample the Andante third movement of the Piano Quartet, with its darkly dramatic outburst in the middle; it is unlike anything in the more intricately balanced music of Brahms. The two opening movements have slow introductions with links to the main movements that...
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