ArtistsIsabelle FaustviolinKatharine GowersviolinRachel RobertsviolaSteven IsserliscelloAlexander Melnikovpiano
OverviewSchumann’s ebullient quintet (1842) – thefirst important work ever composed for thiscombination – dates from the year the composerthrew himself into writing chamber music, whilethe two Fauré works represent his late style at itsmost elusive.