Complete Piano Quartets & Piano Sextet, Op. 5

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CPO
Release Date
May 15, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Caspar Joseph Brambach
    • PERFORMER
      Ernst Breidenbach, Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rossl, Mikhail Nemtsov, Gesine Kalbhenn-Rzepka, Marie Daniel
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Gesine Kalbhenn-Rzepka, Marie Daniels, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    2. II. Allegro energico

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Gesine Kalbhenn-Rzepka, Marie Daniels, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    3. III. Andante

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Gesine Kalbhenn-Rzepka, Marie Daniels, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Gesine Kalbhenn-Rzepka, Marie Daniels, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    5. I. Andante - Allegro molto

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    6. II. Adagio

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    7. III. Molto allegro vivace quasi presto

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    8. IV. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    9. I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    10. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    11. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    12. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    13. I. Andante espressivo - Allegro agitato

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    14. II. Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    15. III. Scherzo: Allergo molto vivace

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach

    16. IV. Un poco Adagio - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Carl Joseph Brambach

      Performer: Ingo de Haas, Thomas Rössel, Mikhail Nemtsov, Ernst Breidenbach


Caspar Joseph Brambach, who was two months younger than Johannes Brahms and survived him by almost five years, once basked in the glow of considerable attention. He studied and later taught at the Cologne Conservatory and was music director in Bonn for eight years before he dedicated himself solely to his own compositions, in which vocal music played a predominant role. His works for male chorus were especially well received, but his instrumental works were also popular. Brambach, who was from the Rhineland, left no doubt that the masters of the Romantic era, above all Robert Schumann, played an important role in his musical world. This first recording includes the sextet for piano and strings from his last year in Cologne and just as he moved to Bonn (around 1860). Also featured are his three piano quartets, the last of which the composer used to champion his ideals shortly before the turn of the 20th century.