Pettman Ensemble - Pleyel: Str Quintets Ben. 271-273 [CD] Clocktower sonically speaking

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Pettman Ensemble - Pleyel: Str Quintets Ben. 271-273 [CD] Clocktower sonically speakingThe name Pleyel is chiefly remembered today as a piano manufacturer, but the company's founding figure Ignaz Pleyel, a former pupil of Haydn, was one of the most acclaimed composers of the late 18th century. The success of Pleyel's finely wrought twelve String Quintets, the three of which heard on this album inspired Mozart to compose his own quintets in C major and G minor, lies in their well paced balance between crackling energy and lyrical