String Quartets

Album by Johannes Brahms & Alexander String Quartet

String Quartets is a set of three chamber works by German composer Johannes Brahms, composed in the 1870s. They blend classical forms with Romantic harmonic language and contrapuntal textures, representing a mature stage in Brahms's chamber writing and occupying an important place in the 19th-century chamber repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: Allegro
    10:54
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: Romanze. Poco adagio
    6:21
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: Allegretto molto moderato e comodo
    8:23
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: Allegro
    6:16
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Allegro non troppo
    12:43
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Andante moderato
    8:49
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Quasi minuetto, moderato
    5:23
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Finale. Allegro non assai
    7:21

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 67: Vivace
    10:13
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 67: Andante
    6:59
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 67: Agitato. Allegretto non troppo
    7:57
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 67: Poco allegretto con variazioni
    10:17
  5. 6.
    Intermezzo in A major, op. 118 no. 2: Andante teneramente
    6:24

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