Brahms: String Quartets, Piano Quintet

Cuarteto Casals;
Martinez-Mehner, Claudio

HMI 987074.75

Nakład wyprzedany, ostatni egzemplarz

Brahms's early chamber music spans compositions as assured and masterly as the two sextets, the horn trio, the G minor piano quartet and the piano quintet. Yet, ever conscious of the intimidating example of Beethoven and Mozart, he is said to have destroyed some 20 string quartets before allowing two to be published -- works whose beauty, subtlety and sheer originality certainly made the wait worthwhile. At first, listening to the Casals Quartet's fluid, springy account of the A minor's opening movement, I felt I wanted something weightier, more "German". A moment later, the expressiveness, flexibility, delicacy of nuance and rhythmic intensity of the playing imposed itself and I was captivated. A fiery performance of the great piano quintet (with Claudio Martinez Mehner) completes an outstanding issue. • David Cairns, The Sunday Times, September 28 2008

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

05-09-2008

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