Brahms: Complete Piano Quartets

This album features the 3 great Piano Quartets of Brahms, each a masterwork on its own, in inspired performances by Isabelle Faust, Derek Han, piano, Bruno Giaranna, viola and Alain Meunier, cello.

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artists: Derek Han (piano), Isabelle Faust (violin), Bruno Giuranna (viola), Alain Meunier (cello)

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The chamber works of Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) have long been seen as a window onto the German composer’s rigorous, intricate approach to composition and restrained yet Romantic style. This is true of his piano quartets; although he only composed three, in their individual characters and masterful control of musical material, they are an integral aspect of Brahms’s chamber output.

The Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25, the earliest of Brahms’s works in this genre, reveals the composer’s great creativity. Based on short motifs that are continuously extended and combined to form larger structures, it draws on song-like melodies in the first movement and Hungarian folk music in the finale, to create a work that, at times, seems to stray into the territory of orchestral music. The second Quartet in A Op.26 is relaxed and expansive in comparison, with flowing, extended melodies that retain a sense of control and poise, while The Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor is the most dramatic, practically operatic in style.

Since the initial release of this popular Brilliant Classics recording, its performers have gone from strength to strength. While Isabelle Faust has forged a reputation as one of the leading international violinists, particularly in chamber music, Derek Han, Bruno Giuranna and Alain Meunier are some of the most acclaimed musicians in their fields. Chamber music enthusiasts should not be without this world-class recording in their collections.

Tracklist:
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25:
00:00:00 Allegro
00:13:11 Intermezzo, allegro ma non troppo
00:21:19 Andante con moto
00:30:26 Rondo alla Zingarese

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60:
00:38:32 Allegro non troppo
00:48:51 Scherzo, allegro
00:52:53 Andante
01:01:27 Finale, allegro comodo

Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26:
01:11:27 Allegro non troppo
01:26:38 Poco adagio
01:36:43 Scherzo, poco allegro
01:47:24 Finale, allegro

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