Mariani Klavierquartett - Brahms & Gernsheim: Piano Quartets, Vol. 2 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 330 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 186 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:19:40
Classical | Label: Audax Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 330 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 186 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:19:40
Classical | Label: Audax Records
After Volume 1, which was awarded a Diapason d'or, Mariani Klavierquartett continues its journey of discovery, juxtaposing the piano quartets of Johannes Brahms and Friedrich Gernsheim. Although this second album is dominated by Brahms's luminescent A-Major Quartet " his longest " and although the friendship of the two composers stands at the center of this three-part project, Gernsheim's F-Major Quartet shows that not only Brahms numbered among his influences, but that Gernsheim was also able to blend echoes of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schubert into a convincing personal style. In the hands of the Mariani Piano Quartet, the formal perfection of his fervent work gleams with undreamt-of power.