Two generations back, Brahms' chamber players stressed soul and sentimentality and a wide vibrato, plenty of tempo rubato, and a generous helping of portimento were the basic interpretive tools, while intonation, ensemble, and technique were of secondary concern. Brahms' chamber players one generation back, on the other hand, stressed sense and virtuosity and let soul and sentimentality take the backseat. Finally, the current generation of Brahms' players has combined whole-hearted expressivity and full-bodied virtuosity, ...
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Two generations back, Brahms' chamber players stressed soul and sentimentality and a wide vibrato, plenty of tempo rubato, and a generous helping of portimento were the basic interpretive tools, while intonation, ensemble, and technique were of secondary concern. Brahms' chamber players one generation back, on the other hand, stressed sense and virtuosity and let soul and sentimentality take the backseat. Finally, the current generation of Brahms' players has combined whole-hearted expressivity and full-bodied virtuosity, and the result is performances like those on these 2007 recordings of the German Romantic's G minor and C minor piano quartets by England's Nash Ensemble. Here, the playing is strong, tight, and in tune -- listen to the astoundingly forceful and astonishingly together performance of the C minor Quartet's Scherzo -- but the interpretations are powerful, soulful, and deeply expressive -- listen to the rousing and rambunctious but wonderfully lyrical performance of the G minor Quartet's...
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Add this copy of Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos.1 & 3 to cart. $10.00, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by ONYX CLASSICS.
