JOHANNES BRAHMS - STRING QUARTET OP.51/1 CLARINET QUINTET Op.115 - Pascal Moraguès, Prazak Quartet

An uncommon pairing of two essential chamber scores by the composer of Ein deutsches Requiem: the first, heroic and rigorous, nurtured at length so as to achieve and surpass the heritage of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovskys’; the other, a warm, intense and sumptuous dialogue between the woodwind and strings sublimating his last dreams and confidences, coming to an end with intimate exchanges between the clarinet and cello, ‘as if the instruments were in love with each other’.

PRD/DSD 250 227