Brahms, Belcea Quartet, Till Fellner - String Quartets & Piano Quintet flac album

Even more than his other music, perhaps, Brahms' music for string quartet inhabits a knife's edge between formal control and stark emotional intensity. Just as with his symphonies, Brahms entered into a dialogue with his predecessors in the three string quartets and one piano quintet recorded here: the works are intricate even beyond the composer's usual standards, but the performers can't lose sight of the content. England's Belcea come close to the ideal balance here. You might also prefer a bigger role from pianist Till Fellner in the Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, but the perfect ensemble balance and attention to detail throughout this performance are hard to beat. That balance and sense of ensemble are present through the entire double album, and fine sound from Alpha is a bonus. This is a major Brahms chamber release. Track Listing - Disc 1.

Allegro Johannes Brahms; Belcea Quartet; Till Fellner. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo Johannes Brahms; Belcea Quartet; Till Fellner. Total Playing Time 2:29:33. More than 12 years after its initial incursion into the music of Brahms, the Belcea Quartet presents this eagerly awaited complete recording of his string quartets. A powerful style and a sense of musical architecture are the two qualities most often attributed to the Belcea; characteristics that blossom to the full on this Brahms programme. For the Piano Quintet, the ensemble.

Brahms wrote three string quartets – or rather, he wrote three string quartets that he liked enough to let us hear them: we’ll never know how many were burned and abandoned along the way. The survivors are outpourings of angst, ardency and resolute jubilation, all characteristics that the Belceas do brilliantly. This recording features intense and wonderful quartet playing: lucid and agitated, sleek and muscular, with Corina Belcea’s silvery-lean first violin sound balanced by the huge warmth at the centre of the ensemble from violist Kzystof Chorzelski.

Brahms: String Quartets &. has been added to your Cart. For Brahms Piano Quintet, the members of Belcea are joined by Austrian pianist Till Fellner. Fellner is one of todays most respected pianists, combining musical intelligence with grace and interpretive rigor.

Composer(s) Johannes Brahms. Artist(s) Belcea Quartet Till Fellner. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro non troppo. More than twelve years after its initial incursion into the music of Brahms, the Belcea Quartet now presents the eagerly awaited complete recording of his string quartets. Violin Concertos Collection. Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

The Belcea Quartet is a string quartet, formed in 1994, under the leadership of violinist Corina Belcea. The quartet was formed while its members were studying at the Royal College of Music in London. Whilst there, they were coached by the Chilingirian Quartet. They subsequently studied with the Alban Berg Quartet at Cologne. The quartet was one of the first groups to participate in the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, from 1999 to 2001

Till Fellner, Belcea Quartet. Recorded: 21-22 December 2015. Recording Venue: Aldenburgh Music, Britten Studio, Snape, United Kingdom. For the Piano Quintet, its members are joined by Till Fellner. This Austrian former student of Alfred Brendel is one of today’s most respected pianists, combining grace, rigour and musical intelligence. In September 2016 the Belcea Quartet will embark on a tour that will take it to the United States and most countries in Europe. are outpourings of angst, ardency and resolute jubilation, all characteristics that the Belceas do brilliantly.

BELCEA QUARTET has won DIAPASON d’OR for its recording of Brahms’ string quartets and piano quintet with Till Fellner – Alpha Records. Artists Management Company srl unipersonale.