Louis Ferdinand von Preußen:
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello E flat Major, op. 5
Allegro espressivo 10:48; Adagio espressivo 6:52; Tempo di Menuetto, ma moderato - Trio 4:30; Rondo. Tempo moderato 10:55

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello no. 2 F minor, op. 2
Allegro molto 9:44; Adagio 5:46; Intermezzo. Allegro moderato 3:03; Allegro molto vivace 7:46

Total time 59:54

Valentin Klavierquartett

SACD Hybrid

Eleven Years of the Valentin Piano Quartet

The notification of the award of a chamber music scholarship reached the four Hamburg music students on 14 February 1996. Out of joy and thankfulness, this very special Valentine’s Day has been immortalized in the ensemble’s name.

Honored with the Masefield Scholarship of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, the Valenin Piano Quartet has appeared at home and abroad since the year of its founding. The invitation in 2000 to the Flanders Festival in Brussels was a particularly great honor.

In the meantime, the Valentin Piano Quartet has established itself as a top ensemble through appearances at prestigious festivals, such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the “Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker,” and the “Schlosskonzerte Elmau.” The Valentin Piano Quartet’s debut CD with works by W.A. Mozart and Richard Strauss has been broadcast by numerous radio stations and acclaimed by the critics.