C. Saint-Saëns - PIANO QUINTET in A Minor, Op. 14 (With Score/Sheet Music)

Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns around 1853-1855. Performed by Fine Arts Quartet and pianist Cristina Ortiz. 00:00 - Allegro moderato e maestoso 10:31 - Andante sostenuto 16:38 - Presto (attacca) 21:56 - Allegro assai, ma tranquillo “The Piano Quintet in A minor Op 14, Saint-Saëns’s earliest cyclic composition, was composed in 1855, but only published ten years later. It is dedicated to the composer’s great-aunt Charlotte Gayard Masson, who lived with him and his mother and gave him his first piano lessons. The piano plays a dominant virtuoso role, often in opposition to the string quartet, but also engaging in dialogue, ensemble, contrapuntal, and unison passages. The first movement, Allegro moderato e maestoso in common time, provides a chordal introduction, repeated within the movement, followed by the statement and development of three portentous themes, and a recapitulation featuring a cadenza for the piano. The lyrical second movement, Andante sostenuto in