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Brahms, Neidich, Juilliard String Quartet
String Quartets / Clarinet Quintet
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1: Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1: Romanze
3. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1: Allegretto molto, Un poco piu animato
4. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1: Allegro
5. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67: Vivace
6. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67: Andante
7. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67: Agitato (Allegretto non troppo)
8. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67: Poco Allegretto con Variazioni... Doppio Movimento
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2: Allegro non troppo
2. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2: Andante moderato
3. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2: Quasi Minuetto, moderato, Allegro vivace
4. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2: Finale, Allegro non assai
5. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Allegro
6. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Adagio
7. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Andantino... Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
8. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Con moto

CD Details

All Artists: Brahms, Neidich, Juilliard String Quartet
Title: String Quartets / Clarinet Quintet
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 6/13/1995
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 074646628522

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Brahms destroyed more string quartets than he permitted to survive, and it's a medium in which he was never fully comfortable. Like Mozart, he tended to overwrite, making his textures thick and heavy in an attempt to maintain absolute equality between the four parts. The Juilliard Quartet understands these works and turns in performances that are strong on rhythm and energy, keeping the textures light and the musical argument moving forward. Add to that an excellent performance of the Clarinet Quintet, and the result is essential listening for fans of this exceptional ensemble. --David Hurwitz

CD Reviews

A fabuluous recording

02/10/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Juilliard outdoes itself here. This is a measured, thoughtful rendition of Brahms' string quartets (plus a lovely clarinet/strings quintet.) From a technical point of view, the CDs shine...the sound is vivid, immediate...it sounds LIVE. If you like Brahms, you'll love this."

Ferocious Playing

Avid Reader | Franklin, Tn | 03/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Brahms is another of the many musical geniuses that seemed to populate the Romantic world. He excelled in almost every musical form - voice (solo, choral, accompanied), piano, concerto, symphony and chamber music. The latter is simultaneously both the most complex and cerebral while thoroughly intriguing and entertaining. They are not marked by grand soaring like the symphonies or the quirkiness of the piano works or even the emotion of the requiem. As concert pieces they are unbeatable, continually melodic, oddly rhymthic, the interplay between the voices directed and modulated to effect. Best of all, there is the bare suppressed tension throughout almost all the movements and this is what a good chamber work must offer - that battle between a barely subdued frenzy and the yearning melody. This is an admirable recording, fully reproducing the composer and his intentions.The only better setting would be in a small room with the players assembled a few yards away."