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Vinzenz Lachner
Piano Quartet in g minor, Op.10--New Edition
Vinzenz Lachner (1811-1893) was born in the Bavarian town of Rain am Lech. He was the third of the famous Lachner brothers, Franz and Ignaz being the older and better known. Unlike his two brothers, he was essentially self taught. He worked as the music director and conductor in Mannheim for most of his career although he traveled widely as he was considered one of the finest opera conductors in Europe. He composed in most genres and was especially valued as an arranger of exceptional talent. His arrangements of Beethoven's piano concertos for piano quintet have enjoyed tremendous popularity to this very day and have never been surpassed. His work as a composer of chamber music was also especially fine.
His Piano Quartet in g minor, Op.10 dates from 1846 and in many respects shares the aura of Mendelssohn. It was awarded first prize by the Mannheimer Musik Verein and was composed on a grand scale. It opens with a lovely Schubertian Allegro non troppo. This is followed a lively Scherzo vivace in which Lachner used as one of his themes the then popular Munich ditty Mir san net von Pasing, Bavarian dialect which translates as We are not from Pasing. Pasing was at the time a rather raucous Munich neighborhood. In third place is a stately and somewhat valedictory Adagio ma non troppo. The exciting finale is full of engery and forward motion and makes a rousing conclusion to this fine work which surely deserves concert performance but which can also be recommended to amateurs.
Our new edition, edited by Santo Neuenwelt, is based on the original edition by Schott and Sohne of Mainz.
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