The disc presents two quintets for piano and string quartet by two distinguished Hungarian composers from the 20th century: Be\u0301la Barto\u0301k and Ernst von Dohna\u0301nyi. While Barto\u0301k's Piano Quintet is an outstanding juvenilia, Dohna\u0301nyi's sophisticated work represents its author at its best.

This disc sees the first time collaboration between the Zemlinsky Quartet and Paolo Giacometti and is a must for anyone interested in the great tradition of Mitteleuropa chamber music. The unique coupling of these two beautiful and rarely recorded works are underrated by discography.

The two Quintets were composed within a ten year span (1904-1914), a period of fantastic musical flourishing.

Zemlinsky Quartet belongs to the glorious tradition of Centre-European string quartets, characterized by nobility and spontaneity of expression, flawless technique, lack of mannersisms, profound and humble insight of the score.