Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3; Intermezzos, Op. 117

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Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3; Intermezzos, Op. 117Opis:Hyperion is proud to present as its Record of the Month for November electrifying new performances of the three Brahms Piano Quartets: the celebrated Leopold String Trio is joined by Marc-Ande Hamelin. The G minor quartet (1861actually Brahmss second foray into the genre) offers a heady mix of unbridled gypsy vigour cast within a musical architecture of symphonic mastery, characteristics not lost on Arnold Schoenberg who later made an orchestral arrangement. The following year saw the premiere of the A major quartet, Brahms himself at the piano in offering to the world a work which would be hugely popular during his lifetime before falling inexplicably to the periphery of the repertoire in recent times. It was over a decade later, in 1873/4, that Brahms returned to his aborted C minor quartet: Imagine a man who is just going to shoot himself, for there is nothing else to do, wrote composer to publisher of this profoundly moving score. Much of the 1850s material is recast, and the resulting quartet is a tense masterpiece terminated by a cadence of perfunctory abruptness. Unsatisfied fatalism triumphs. This generously filled set is concluded with the Op 117 Intermezzos for solo piano. One of four late groups of piano pieces Brahms composed with his beloved Clara Schumann very much in mind, these exquisite miniatures find an eloquent interpreter in Marc-Andre Hamelin. The recorded sound here is astonishing, both in its immediacy and raw energy: every passionate nuance of Brahmss Romantic vision is perfectly captured. Awards can be expected.

Autor:Leopold String TrioNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2025-09-29Waga: 0.24 gramWysokość: 0.7 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 6 cmbrahms piano quartetsHYPERION RECORDSUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.