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Brahms - String Quartet, Piano Quintet | Harmonia Mundi HMC902000

Brahms - String Quartet, Piano Quintet

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC902000

Barcode: 0794881910229

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 30th March 2009

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Contents

Works

Brahms
String Quartet Op.51 No.1

Brahms
Piano Quintet Op.34

Artists

Arcanto Quartet
Silke Avenhaus (piano)

Works

Brahms
String Quartet Op.51 No.1

Brahms
Piano Quintet Op.34

Artists

Arcanto Quartet
Silke Avenhaus (piano)

About

Brahms had passed the age of forty before he finally deemed a string quartet worthy of appearing in his catalogue, as Op.51. Thus he joined those composers who, like Mendelssohn, Schumann and Dvořák, had succeeded in freeing themselves from the heritage of Beethoven in this genre. The work is extremely demanding for its performers, as is the Piano Quintet Op.34.

Founded in 2002, the young Arcanto Quartet comprises four musicians who first made their names as soloists, making significant contributions to harmonia mundi's artist roster. In their second recording for harmonia mundi as a quartet, they present Brahms' mature Op.51. Their first disc was awarded Gramophone Editor's Choice and was cited as one of the Telegraph's Discs of the Year.

Arcanto Quartet:
- Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec (violins)
- Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
- Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

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