Chamber, Quintets, String Quintets, Brahms (composer)
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Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 & String Quintet in G major Op. 111
RecommendedPavel Haas Quartet, Boris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola)
The Pavel Haas Quartet and Boris Giltburg take on [the Piano Quintet] with no holds barred: this is an allgiving, full-on version in which the sense of involvement is total and the exhilaration... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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There’s a wealth of characterisation within this richly unified, bronze-dark ensemble. A deep-dug, chunky tone, often quite rugged, is offset by moments of intense sweetness, as well as great... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Everything sounds as though it has been thought through extensively...The Takács's Brahms is like a superbly engineered road: we always know where we're going, and the views can be magnificent,... —
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommmended
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Brahms: Violin Concerto & String Quintet Op. 111
Antje Weithaas (solo violin and leader)
Camerata Bern
The multiple-strings version of the String Quartet in G is fascinating. I've long felt that the opening is really orchestral music, and in Weithaas's hands it leaps into life as exactly that. —
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Special offer. Brahms: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 2
String Quintets and Sextets
Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Shuichi Okada (violin), Lise Berthaud (viola), Adrien Boisseau (viola), Yan Levionnois François Salque (cello)
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Special offer. Brahms: The String Quartets & String Quintet No. 2
Dudok Quartet, Lilli Maijala (viola)
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One of the glories of their performances of both quintets is the fullness and richness of sound, something Brahms clearly strove to cultivate in his scoring. Paul Watkins's heroic, thrusting... —
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Building A Library, November 2021, Recommended Recording Recommended Recording
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Special offer. The Shanghai Quartet plays Brahms
Recommendedwith Arnold Steinhardt (viola)
Shanghai Quartet
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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The Czechs take a startlingly brisk pace in the Adagio, more than twice as fast as some, and so need to speed up only slightly for a searing middle section. The velvety sound is a delight. —
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Building a Library, October 2007, Special Mention
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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