Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Caussé, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Catalogue: 5193102
Release: 2008
Size: 499 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato
03. III. Andante con moto
04. IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
05. I Allegro non troppo
06. II. Scherzo. Allegro
07. III Andante
08. IV Finale. Allegro comodo
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
09. I. Allegro non troppo
10. II. Poco adagio
11. III. Scherzo. Poco allegro – Trio
12. IV. Finale. Allegro
Following their autumn 2007 release of Brahms’s Double Concerto and Clarinet Quintet Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon further their plan to record the composer’s complete solo and chamber works for Virgin Classics.
After Renaud’s collaboration with Nicholas Angelich for the violin sonatas, later joined by Gautier for the piano trios, French violist Gérard Caussé joined them in Lugano last December to record Brahms three Piano Quartets.
The mid-priced set brings together on two CDs all three of Brahms’ piano quartets, which although they were composed at the same time (even though Op. 62 was first performed in 1875), are very different in character and mood, from a lighter and more poetic nature in the first 2, opus, to a darker more sombre atmosphere in Op. 60.