String Quartet no. 1, op. 51/1 / Clarinet Quintet, op. 115

Album by Johannes Brahms & Pražák Quartet & Pascal Moraguès

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 51 No. 1 and the Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115 are chamber works by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1873 and 1891 respectively. They exemplify Brahms's mature Romantic chamber writing: the quartet combines rigorous classical forms and intense, dramatic textures, while the quintet foregrounds a warm, lyrical clarinet voice against a richly harmonic string backdrop, reflecting his late-career focus on intimate, reflective ensemble pieces in the chamber-music tradition.

String Quartet no. 1, op. 51/1 / Clarinet Quintet, op. 115 by Johannes Brahms - album cover

About

1.
String Quartet in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: I. Allegro
10:09
2.
String Quartet in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: II. Romanze. Poco adagio
6:34
3.
String Quartet in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: III. Allegro molto moderato e comodo — Un poco più animato
8:21
4.
String Quartet in C minor, op. 51 no. 1: IV. Allegro
6:14
5.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115: I. Allegro
12:56
6.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115: II. Adagio
10:53
7.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115: III. Andantino — Presto non assai, ma con sntimento
4:41
8.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115: IV. Con moto
9:06