Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 / Barakhovsky, Zemtsov, Schmidt, Nebolsin

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 11, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS, JOHANNES
    • PERFORMER
      Barakhovsky, Zemtsov, Schmidt, Nebolsin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2016
    • UPC
      747313279876
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572798
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    2. II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    3. III. Andante con moto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    4. IV. Rondo alla zingarese: Presto - Meno presto - Molto presto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    5. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    6. II. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    7. III. Andante

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin

    8. IV. Finale: Allegro comodo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anton Barakhovsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Eldar Nebolsin


Johannes Brahms is considered Beethoven’s successor in terms of his orchestral output, but for chamber music it was more the Romantic mantle of Robert Schumann that he assumed, vastly expanding its scale and ambitions in the 19th century and remaining a towering influence until well into the 20th. The First Piano Quartet has a deeply felt Andante con moto at its heart, and a sprightly ‘Gypsy Rondo’ finale. Brahms started writing the Third Piano Quartet in the difficult period of Schumann’s final illness, later re-composing it to create a work of symphonic proportions, distinctive power and striking beauty.

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The players have the feel of a group who have become welded together by years of mutual performances, the balance between them, as melodies are woven, being so perfectly weighted. The tempos also have that natural feel with scherzos that are never rushed, while the string intonation is impeccable.

– David Denton's Review Corner (November 2016)