Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Omer Bouchez, Geoffroy Couteau, Raphaël Perraud, Quatuor Hermès
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV623D
Release: 2020
Size: 1.94 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Poco adagio
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Allegro alla breve
CD 02
Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Intermezzo
03. III. Andante con moto
04. IV. Rondo alla zingarese
Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Scherzo
07. III. Andante
08. IV. Allegro comodo
Few music lovers are aware of the importance and originality of Brahms’s three piano quartets, yet the composer completely reinvented the genre. These works contain some of his most profound inspirations, demonstrating both the orchestral power of his scoring and his interiority. They probably provided fertile ground for his ‘symphonic’ imagination, judging by the uncommon force and creative power with which it is expressed throughout these three scores. The members of the Quatuor Hermès and Geoffroy Couteau have completely grasped the nature of this music, and serve it with the requisite authority and tenderness in an outstandingly committed interpretation.