Herzogenberg & Brahms: String Quartets / Minguet Quartet

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July 8, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS HERZOGENBERG
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Minguet Quartett
    • PERFORMER
      MINGUET QUARTETT
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro energico

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    2. II. Andantino

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    3. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    7. III. Allegro

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    8. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    9. I. Allegro

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    10. II. Andantino

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    11. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    12. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    13. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    14. II. Romanze: Poco adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    15. III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett

    16. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Minguet Quartett


Heinrich von Herzogenberg dedicated these three quartets to Brahms, his friend and musical idol.

The first quartet in G minor is by far the most satisfying. There’s a delightful air of lilting melancholy wafting through the first movement, and although the formal structure is daringly expansive, Herzogenberg manages to mold his wealth of ideas into a reasonably coherent whole. The slow movement is a series of variations on a theme that seems dully predictable at first but is relieved by an accretion of increasingly inventive detail. A tuneful and metrically playful scherzo is followed by a high-spirited, folk-inflected finale that’s only slightly blemished by an overlong coda.

There are charming moments in the two other quartets of the set, though these come fewer and farther between. But just when your patience could begin to wear thin, there’s a delicious dab of instrumental color, or a demonstration of contrapuntal legerdemain that reminds you of Herzogenberg’s worth.

– Gramophone