Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet The Budapest String Quartet & Rudolf Serkin

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34:
• 1 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro non troppo - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I 15:40
• 2 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: II. Andante, un poco adagio 09:08
• 3 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio 07:42
• 4 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I - Presto, non troppo 10:32
• Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115:
• 5 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: I. Allegro 10:22
• 6 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: II. Adagio 12:23
• 7 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento 05:06
• 8 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: IV. Con moto 08:57
• Total Runtime 01:19:50

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This last album is completing all the Brahms collection as performed by the Budapest Quartet, They succeeded in imposing chamber music by the composer of Ein deutsches Requiem on a musical world (USA) which only had ears for Beethoven. It served as a model for a whole generation of musicians such as Berg, Prazák and Kocian, who in turn followed on from the likes of Julliard and Vegh. This is a tribute to Rudolf Serkin (1903-1991), the great American pianist born Hungarian and educated in Vienna.

The Budapest String Quartet was American Columbia’s premier quartet in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1963 the foursome revisited the three Brahms quartets, which they had recorded triumphantly in the 78 era. “Imperious, vibrantly expressive yet finely classical way,” was High Fidelity’s assessment of the Budapest Quartet’s way with Brahms, calling the stereo versions of the quartets “a heart-warming release in every respect”. In this new reissue, these are coupled on two albums with the benchmark Budapest recording of the Piano Quintet with Rudolf Serkin (“One of those remarkable moments when top-flight artists are at a peak of inspiration. This is a noble rendition – monumental in scope, intellectually conceived, charged with scorching emotional intensity. It is Brahms-playing in the greatest tradition” – High Fidelity).

Rudolf Serkin, piano
David Oppenheim, clarinet
Budapest String Quartet:
Joseph Roisman, violin
Alexander Schneider, violin
Boris Kroyt, viola
Mischa Schneider, cello

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