Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30

• Date: 1943 07 27-1944 05 04
• Composer: George Enescu
• Period: Modern (1910-1949)

Review

Dedicated to the memory of composer and pedagogue Gabriel Fauré, the Second Piano Quartet contains some of Enescu's most luminescent and relaxed writing. Written during the worst period of World War Two (from a Romanian perspective, anyway), the piano part is very sparse and stark, emitting an ethereal, almost arctic chill. The slow movement is positively radiant and the finale offers a typically Enescu-like ending which refuses to end for bar after bar! The first performance of the work was not given till 1947, in Washington DC by the Albeneri Trio and Milton Katims. ~ Tim Mahon, Rovi

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Enescu: Impressions from Childhood; Chamber Symphony; Quartet No. 2	2009
Enescu: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2	2011
Enescu: Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet No. 2	2003
Enescu: Quartet No1; Quartet No2
George Enescu: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2	2011

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