Klavier-quartette Op. 25. 26, 60

Album by Johannes Brahms & Italian Piano Quartet & Corrado Bolsi & Angelo Bartoletti & Sandro Meo & Riccardo Cecchetti

Klavier-Quartette Op. 25, Op. 26 and Op. 60 are piano quartets by Johannes Brahms, composed in the 1860s–1870s. They combine Romantic chamber‑music textures with rigorous contrapuntal craft and a prominent piano part alongside strings, and they represent key stages in Brahms's chamber‑music output as he refined classical forms within a Romantic harmonic idiom.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: I. Allegro
    12:27
  2. 2.
    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: II. Intermezzo Allegro ma non troppo Trio Animato
    7:50
  3. 3.
    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: III. Andante con moto Animato
    8:46
  4. 4.
    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: IV. Rondo alla zingarese Presto Meno presto Molto presto
    8:53
  5. 5.
    Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    10:33
  6. 6.
    Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60: II. Scherzo Allegro
    4:06
  7. 7.
    Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60: III. Andante
    8:21
  8. 8.
    Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60: IV. Allegro
    11:04

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 26: I. Allegro non troppo
    17:22
  2. 3.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 26: II. Poco adagio
    12:05
  3. 4.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 26: III. Scherzo: Poco allegro - Trio
    11:48
  4. 5.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 26: IV. Finale: Allegro
    10:13

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