BRAHMS À ÉVIAN #5
CLARA-JUMI KANG violin
DENIS KOZHUKHIN piano
BRAHMS Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata
YAMEN SAADI violin
GÉRARD CAUSSÉ viola
CLEMENS HAGEN cello
DENIS KOZHUKHIN piano
BRAHMS Piano quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
CLARA-JUMI KANG, YAMEN SAADI violin
GÉRARD CAUSSÉ, SARA FERRÁNDEZ viola
EDGAR MOREAU cello
BRAHMS String quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
"Listen attentively to folk songs, they are an inexhaustible source of the most beautiful melodies", advised Schumann. For Brahms, the gypsy music that he discovered through the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi would be a constant source of inspiration. So many rhythmic and melodic turns were absorbed into his masterful writing, leaving their mark on his vocal works, his chamber music and his symphonies. The Rondo alla zingarese, which is the final flourish of his op. 25 quartet bears witness to these roots in traditional Germanic lands, as does the finale of quintet No. 2. This opus 111 was, as Brahms himself declared in 1890, his "opus ultimum". His encounter with the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld would decide otherwise, spawning four works that can be enjoyed on 3rd and 4th July.
