Lucia Huang, Duo d'Accord - Brahms: Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis & Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 (2017)

For this release, OehmsClassics was able to convince the House of Hessen to engage in a small cooperation because the works heard on this album were personally dedicated to Princess Anna von Hessen. Rainer von Hessen has written the following in his preface to this production: To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that both chamber works Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms have been united on the same album: his only Piano Quintet and the Sonata for Two Pianos. Previously, both works could be heard at a concert with the duo pianists Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler as well as the Haba Quartet of the hr Symphony Orchestra at the baroqu eFasanerie Palace near Fulda. With this rather unusual programme combination, a long harbored wish came true for me, namely to hear both works dedicated by Brahms to Princess Anna von Hessen performed on the same evening: the Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor and the Piano Quintet, that resulted from it. This enabled us to sense how the composer increased the sonic attractiveness of his composition by means of refined instrumentation, hardly changing anything else.

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis: I. Allegro non troppo - Duo d'Accord
02. Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis: II. Andante un poco adagio - Duo d'Accord
03. Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Duo d'Accord
04. Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis: IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto-Allegro non troppo - Duo d'Accord

CD2

01. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro non troppo - Hába Quartett
02. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: II. Andante un poco adagio - Hába Quartett
03. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Hába Quartett
04. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto-Allegro non troppo - Hába Quartett