FRANZ KROMMER (1759-1831): Piano Quartet in E Flat, Op. 95, Divertimento in F for String Trio, Op. 96.

Description: Collectors of late Classical chamber music will jump at these late (c.1818) works of Krommer's. The string trio, in six movements and lasting almost 40 minutes, is in the line of such works by Mozart and Beethoven and the piano quartet (26 min.) could be seen as the forerunner of a genre which would blossom with Romanticism. Alexander Puliaev (fortepiano), Kontraste Köln.