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BRAHMS Piano Quintet Op 34. String Quintet Op 111

String Quintet No. 2 Pavel Haas Quartet Boris Giltburg, Piano In 2018 the Pavel Haas Quartet won their sixth Gramophone Award for a recording coupling Dvořák’s Piano Quintet (with Boris Giltburg) and ...
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Brahms String Quintets Opp 88 and 111: Songs/Nash ensemble

Composed eight years apart, Brahms's two String Quintets belong among his finest chamber music, yet they remain surprisingly little known outside the circle of chamber enthusiasts. Brahms employs the ...
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BRAHMS String Quintets (Gringolts Quartet, Lilli Maijala)

To tackle Op 111 first, one of the truly great string quintets, the upper strings’ pulsing semiquavers (cast in 9/8 time) are marked forte, the tempo Allegro non troppo, ma con brio. The G major cello ...
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Brahms: String Quartet Op 51 no 1; String Quintet Op 111, Kakuska/ Belcea Quartet

There is an irresistible sweep here to the opening movement of the C minor Quartet Op 51 no 1. For all its technical accomplishment and ever increasing musical authority the Belcea is still a young ...
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Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op 111

Optimism flows from the opening lyrical cello solo throughout this fantastic work. Fiery, passionate and mischievous, the last movement shows Brahms’ love of Gypsy music. Brahms gives prominent roles ...