Ames Piano Quartet - Quartetto Kv 452

Dorian Sono Luminus invites you to hear a “new” take on some famous pieces for winds, performed here by the Ames Piano Quartet in their 10th release with the label. Though most often heard in the more common versions for winds, enjoy these works in their piano quartet versions published by Mozart and Beethoven, matched with the beautiful piano quartet by Hummel. The Ames Piano Quartet, the resident chamber music ensemble at Iowa State University, holds a distinctive position in the chamber music field as one of the few professional touring piano quartets in the world. The combination of their lush string sound, blended with the orchestral quality of the piano, produces an exquisite and rare sonority. The Washington Post aptly described it as “one of the most heavenly combinations of instruments around.”