FERDINAND THIERIOT (1836–1919)

 

Chamber Music, Vol. 1

 

Piano Quintet in D major, Op. 20

String Sextet in D major

 

Hamburg Chamber Players

 

Piano Quintet in D major, Op. 20 34:34

[1] Allegro con spirito 11:16

[2] Adagio 8:26

[3] Scherzo – Presto 7:46

[4] Allegro con moto 7:06

 

Theme and Variations, Op. 29, for two cellos and piano 17:03

[5] Thema: Tempo Moderato–[17] Var. XII: Andante

 

String Sextet in D major 25:49

[18] Allegro non troppo 7:11

[19] Intermezzo – Allegro – Vivace 4:43

[20] Adagio non troppo 8:01

[21] Allegro vivace 5:54

 

Theme and Ferdinand Thieriot (1836–1919) was, like Johannes Brahms, a student of Eduard Marxsen in Hamburg.

• Brahms remained a friend in later years – and indeed Thieriot’s music has a Brahmsian warmth and richness and overflows with memorable melodies.

• Thieriot’s music, the chamber works especially, was popular during his own lifetime but since his death in 1919 it has been totally forgotten – not least because the archives containing his manuscripts were taken to Leningrad after the Second World War.

• There the String Sextet was one of a number of manuscripts found floating in a flooded basement – it was lucky to survive.

• All three works here – the Piano Quintet, String Sextet and Theme and Variations for the unusual combination of two cellos and piano – are receiving their first recordings.

 

Toccata Classics TOCC0080