Brahms: Serenades No. 1 & 2 Classical Chamber Capriccio

Brahms: Serenades No. 1 & 2

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C5 0447

Brahms: Serenades No. 1 & 2

Label Catalogue Number:
C5447

Running Time: 01:15:14

Release Date: June 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical
Chamber

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Brahms is famous for his symphonies and grand concertos. But many Brahms-lovers would argue he shines brightest in chamber works. And indeed, there is almost no work of Brahms’ that did not start out as chamber music, including his Serenade No.1, which began life as a nonet. It is presented here by the Linos Ensemble in its reconstructed original form. For his second Serenade, Brahms stuck with the chamber orchestra-sized ensemble from the get-go. Clara Schumann approved: “What could I possibly tell you about the Adagio? I feel as if there were no words for the sheer joy that this piece brings me. It’s marvelously beautiful!”

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“What a brilliant idea to play Brahms’s Second Serenade as chamber music, with one string player to a part (as in the original nonet version of Op.11). I’m so grateful to the Linos Ensemble, whose performances of both Serenades have already provided many month of joy and delight.” - Andrew Farach-Colton

Gramophone magazine Critics’ Choice 2022 – December 2022

“These alternative versions on a smaller scale make a valid alternative to the usual scoring.”

Stephen Barber – MusicWeb-International.com – 22 November 2022

Artistic Quality 9 Sound Quality 9 Overall Impression 9

“… everything is extremely clean and played extremely musically, each instrument masterfully unfolds its own magical sound, everyone listens to one another perfectly, the rhythms are precisely balanced … The two works were recorded in the broadcasting hall of the Saarländisches Rundfunk. The sound is precise and very clear - a bit of symphonic "pimping" with reverb might be desirable. But even so, listening to it is great chamber music pleasure.”

Rainer W Janka – Klassik-heute.de – 18 August 2022

"... The performances are attractive ..." ***

Charlotte Smith – BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) – September 2022

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