Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 25,60 (Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 65)

Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 25,60 (Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 65)

Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 25,60 (Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 65)
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Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Artur Rubinstein
Performer: Guarneri Quartet
Performer: Arnold Steinhardt
Performer: John Dalley
Performer: Michael Tree
Performer: David Soyer
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-08-07
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. Pno Qt No.1 in g, Op.25: Allegro
  2. Pno Qt No.1 in g, Op.25: Intermezzo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Trio: Animato
  3. Pno Qt No.1 in g, Op.25: Andante Con Moto - Animato
  4. Pno Qt No.1 in g, Op.25: Rondo Alla Zingarese: Presto - Meno Presto - Molto Presto
  5. Pno Qt No.3 in c, Op.60: Allegro Ma NonTroppo
  6. Pno Qt No.3 in c, Op.60: Scherzo: Allegro
  7. Pno Qt No.3 in c, Op.60: Andante
  8. Pno Qt No.3 in c, Op.60: Allegro

Music reviews of Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 25,60 (Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 65)

Music Review: A wonderful May-December romance, even if the G minor Quartet isn't the strongest
Rating: 5 Stars

I can only second the lavish praise given to this pairing of Brahms's two most popular piano quartets -- or should I say his very most popular, the G minor, plus the less ingratiating C minor as filler? Rubinstein's strongest composer, for this one listener, was Brahms. The octogenarian's collaboration with the young Guarneri Qt. is largely dominated by his piano, which is both urgent and elegant. You can't tear your ears away, as Brahms no doubt intended, given his virtuosic skills as pianist. The string ensemble is quite strong, too. The Guarneri approach both works as a quartet, with complete unanimity of voicing.

As for the readings themselves, I wouldn't say that the G minor is the best I've ever heard. Rubinstein starts off a bit too relaxed, and at times the strings support his slightly slack rhythms -- they should have asserted themselves more in the first movement of the G minor. but the Andante co moto could hardly be lovelier. I like the gypsy Rondo to really fly off the boil, which it doesn't here, but if Argerich and friends on DG are the ultimate in excitement, Rubinstein's group is lively and alive in a lighter way. the evenness of the pianist's touch completely belies his age. He really did have a second youth when he discovered his young collaborators.

The Piano Quartet no. 3, like the Piano Trio no. 3, is a thorny work in C minor, a key that brings out Brahms's shadowy inner life with its tendency to turbulence and melancholy. Rubinstein doesn't shy away from these qualities, leading the ensemble with strong-limbed confidence. this work will never be a popular favorite, yet in the hands of accomplished musicians, it speaks for itself with conviction, as here. For me, the chief rival to this reading comes from Isaac Stern and company on Sony, but there you must be patient with Stern's not completely reliable intonation; b comparison, the strings here are uniformly sweet and on pitch. I also think their less strenuous execution is preferable; tis music is strenuous enough on its own. Notice how gracefully the off-kilter rhythm in the Scherzo is slightly smoothed out but not made bland.

If you're only having one version of this work, here you go. RCA's close-up recorded sound is clear and natural.
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