Juon: Piano Quintet/Piano Sextet Two large scale strings/piano chamber works by Paul Juon. The piano quintet Op 44 (1909) is the more interesting, a late romantic piece which features irregular rhythms constantly shifting. The performance sounds fine but the recording (Zurich 2009) is a bit strident. The cover picture is irrelevant and the notes are miniscule and verbose. Worth exploring though, maybe for college/conservatory chamber music departments. Peter Grahame Woolf |