Chamber, Quintets, Clarinet Quintets, Brahms (composer)
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedMartin Fröst (clarinet), with Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), with Roland Pöntinen (piano), with Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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Fröst revels in the deep-plush velvet of his chalumeau regions - and, indeed, sustains this timbre throughout the instrument's register...the ensemble creates cutting-edge rhythmic urgency,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber
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Special offer. Brahms: Double Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Aki Saulière (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Béatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Myung-Whun Chung
The stellar young Capuçon brothers seem incapable of setting a foot wrong on disc and they put their considerable chamber-music experience to great use in Brahms's final orchestral work, with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Brahms: The Hungarian Connection
RecommendedAndreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christoph and Stephan Koncz (violin, cello), Ödon Rácz (double bass), Predrag Tomic (accordion) & Oskar Ökrös (cimbalom)
The performance of the Quintet is a fine one, with lovely clarinet tone, excellent overall sound and a deep understanding of the work's varied character…a fascinating issue, with playing of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th March 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Special offer. Brahms: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 3
Works with Wind Instruments
Pierre Fouchenneret, Deborah Nemtanu, Eric Le Sage, Lise Berthaud, François Salque, Florent Pujuila, Joël Lasry
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Its atmospheric introduction followed by vibrant dances – is boldly coupled with Brahms’s Quintet. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Bieri’s control and expressivity in Sciarrino’s haunting solo Let Me Die Before I Wake is astonishing. He’s a soulful communicator in Brahms’s elegiac Quintet, too. Meta4 provide sumptuous support. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Complete Works for Viola, Vol. 2
Mikhail Zemtsov (viola), Hanna Shybayeva, Timora Rosler, Daniel Rowland, Floor le Coultre, Maja Bogdanović, Dana Zemtsov, Victoria Dmitrieva, Marion van den Akker (mezzo-soprano)
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Special offer. The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings Vol. 5: Romanticism
Conrad Hansen (piano), Heinrich Geuser (clarinet), Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Amadeus Quartet
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Bernard Walton, Hugh Bean, Frances Mason, Christopher Wellington & Eileen Croxford
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan's admiration for Bernard Walton is well known and his artistry shines through in this selfless and eloquent account. This cannot be too strongly recommended. —
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet and Trio
Thea King (clarinet), Clifford Benson (piano), Karine Georgian (cello)
Gabrieli String Quartet
These players' tempo in the Clarinet Quintet is more leisurely than most of their rivals. In the faster flanking movements of the trio, a stronger forward drive mightn't have come amiss. On... —
