Brahms: Quintets Op.34 & Op.115

Tokyo String Quartet

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Two quintets from two very different periods in Brahms’s life. The Piano Quintet is the work of a frustrated but ambitious man. The Clarinet-led piece is an autumnal serenade by an experienced master. The journey between these two milestones was one marked by criticism, soul searching and ultimate triumph. Weighed down by the inheritance Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, Brahms often hibernated from public statements in the more modest realm of trios, quartets and quintets. But his symphonic ambitions soon found voice, not only in the composition of his first symphony, which he began in 1862, but also

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1.
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 - I. Allegro
12:59
2.
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 - II. Adagio
11:33
3.
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 - III. Andantino
04:46
4.
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 - IV. Con moto
09:07
5.
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 - I. Allegro non troppo
14:50
6.
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 - II. Andante, un poco adagio
08:04
7.
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 - III. Scherzo: Allegro
07:31
8.
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 - IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo
10:18

Total time: 01:19:08

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