Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Éric Le Sage, Quatuor Strada
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: B Records
Catalogue: LBM026
Release: 2020
Size: 2.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
String Quartet No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 51/1
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Romanze (Poco adagio)
03. III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo
04. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 51/2
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Andante moderato
07. III. Quasi Minuetto, moderato (Allegretto vivace)
08. IV. Allegro non assai
CD 02
String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Agitato
04. IV. Poco allegretto con variazoni
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Andante, un poco adagio
07. III. Scherzo (Allegro)
08. IV. Finale, poco sostenuto. Allegro non troppo
For Johannes Brahms, the essence and defining feature of chamber music resided in the string quartet, and the form commanded so much respect and rigour from him that he burnt dozens of his first attempts at the genre. This shows how much the three quartets brought together here, and added to quite naturally by the sublime piano quintet, represent the quintessence of that great resident of Vienna. It is a magical climax to this outstanding collection of Brahms’s complete chamber music works released by B Records, still under the auspices of La Belle Saison.