{"product_id":"760335","title":"Marc-André Hamelin Leopold String Trio - Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1, 2 \u0026 3; Intermezzos, Op. 117 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHyperion is proud to present as its Record of the Month for November electrifying new performances of the three Brahms Piano Quartets: the celebrated Leopold String Trio is joined by Marc-Ande Hamelin.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe G minor quartet (1861\\u2014actually Brahms\\u2019s second foray into the genre) offers a heady mix of unbridled gypsy vigour cast within a musical architecture of symphonic mastery, characteristics not lost on Arnold Schoenberg who later made an orchestral arrangement. The following year saw the premiere of the A major quartet, Brahms himself at the piano in offering to the world a work which would be hugely popular during his lifetime before falling inexplicably to the periphery of the repertoire in recent times.\\r\u003cbr\u003eIt was over a decade later, in 1873\/4, that Brahms returned to his aborted C minor quartet: \\u2018Imagine a man who is just going to shoot himself, for there is nothing else to do\\u2019, wrote composer to publisher of this profoundly moving score. Much of the 1850s material is recast, and the resulting quartet is a tense masterpiece terminated by a cadence of perfunctory abruptness. Unsatisfied fatalism triumphs.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThis generously filled set is concluded with the Op 117 Intermezzos for solo piano. One of four late groups of piano pieces Brahms composed with his beloved Clara Schumann very much in mind, these exquisite miniatures find an eloquent interpreter in Marc-Andre Hamelin.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe recorded sound here is astonishing, both in its immediacy and raw energy: every passionate nuance of Brahms\\u2019s Romantic vision is perfectly captured. Awards can be expected.\u003cp\u003eAllegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntermezzo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Trio: Animato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoco Adagio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante Con Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScherzo: Poco Allegro - Trio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRondo Alla Zingarese: Presto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinale: Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScherzo: Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante Non Troppo E Con Molto Espressione\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante Con Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinale: Allegro Comodo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55145701441921,"sku":"760335","price":20.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51mr8LJlvQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767819970","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/760335","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}