Well, I realized that listening to the Ewald Quintet No. 2 doesn't make much sense unless you have the whole thing. So here are the first two movements as well. I've been told that it resembles a Brahms string quartet at times. However, my "extensive" (ahem...) knowledge of Brahms string quartets cannot seem to find a relation between the two.
The first movement, Allegro Risoluto, is a standard sonata form movement. We did not repeat the exposition of the movement, simply because we felt that it would go on forever if we did, and the work as a whole is over 15 minutes as it is.
The second movement, Thema con Variazioni, is a theme and variation movement (for those of you whose Italian is rusty). The movement begins with a simple theme, and it is then spun through 6 variations, changing both style, harmony and rhythmic qualities of the initial idea.
As a whole, I think that this is my favourite Ewald quintet. The Quintessential Brass also did a recording of some of Ewald's Quintet No. 1 before the semester finished, so if those turned out good, I'll put them up as well for comparison.
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I've been saving all these mp3s and I haven't listened to a single one yet! I'll get to it soon, I hope.
Cool! Let me know what you think, eh?
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