Piano Quintets/Bagatelles

Maria Milstein (violin), Miguel da Silva (viola) & Busch Trio

Na de uitgaven van de Pianotrio's (nrs. 3 & 4 'Dumky') en de kwartetten, gaat de complete opname van Dvoráks kamermuziek verder met deze opname van de twee Pianokwintetten. De leden van het Busch Trio, Omri Epstein (piano), Mathieu van Bellen (viool) en Ori Epstein (cello), krijgen hier gezelschap van violist Miguel da Silva (oprichter van Quatuor Ysaÿe) en violiste Maria Milstein. De artiesten, die afkomstig zijn van de vermaarde Belgische muziekacademie 'Chapelle Reine Elisabeth', worden verenigd door hun passie voor dit repertoire en hun open, hoorbare speelvreugde, die zij hier met ons delen.

Dvorak:
 Bagatelles, Op. 47
 Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5
 Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81

"If Dvorak hadn’t written his Second Piano Quintet (perish the thought!), would the first be played more often? Probably not...The Busch Trio, however, with Milstein and da Silva, play it with conviction, then rise to the beauties of the quintessentially Dvorakian Second Quintet."
Sunday Times - 24th June 2018

"The sheer quality and naturalness of their music-making is deliciously demonstrated in the development section of the opening movement of the First Quintet of 1872…The main act here is the Second Quintet…The opening cello theme tells us much about a group’s approach. The Busch’s Ori Epstein shapes it with care, allowing it to unfold unhurriedly, to which the other players respond with warmth…This is one of the best things I’ve yet heard from the Busch in their evolving Dvorák series."
Gramophone Magazine - September 2018