Brahms: The Piano Quartets - Primrose Piano Quartet

Brahms: The Piano Quartets - Primrose Piano Quartet

CDE 84650/1-2 (Meridian Records, CD, 2 discs)

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Playing time: 74'37"/49'10" - TT 123'47"
Tracks: 8 + 4
Booklet pages: 12
© 2019 Meridian Records
Main country of recording: AT
Reviewer: Patrick Maxwell
Review of Brahms: The Piano Quartets - Primrose Piano Quartet published on 11 December 2019

The Primrose Piano Quartet:
Susanne Stanzeleit, violin
Dorothea Vogel, viola
Andrew Fuller, cello
John Thwaites, piano

Johannes Brahms:

CD1

Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60
1 Allegro non troppo
2 Scherzo: Allegro
3 Andante
4 Finale: Allegro comodo

Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25
5 Allegro
6 Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo
7 Andante con moto
8 Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

CD2

Piano Quartet No 2 in A, Op 26, played on a Blüthner Piano
1 Allegro non troppo
2 Poco adagio
3 Scherzo: Poco allegro
4 Finale: Allegro

Recorded in Ehrbar Saal, Vienna, Austria on authentic pianos of the period