Monday, May 19, 2008

Brahms on the Brain...

Two chamber works from Brahms, considered to be by many a master of the form during the Romantic period, in the latter part of the 19th Century--heir to Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Schubert in this genre each of whom brought innovations to the form during the earlier part of the 19th century, again in the Romantic period.

First
, "Obsession," a thematic video art response by Argentinian YouTuber Alex Dukas, to Johannes Brahms' String Quartet Opus 51, C minor, Movement IV (1873), performed by the internationally renowned Takács String Quartet.



Second a passionate rendering of the final movement of Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, Opus 25 (with a visual unfortunately marred by the "evaluation copy" watermark that runs through the entire video). The players are identified as "Akiko" "Jude" and "Chiuchen" so someone's name is missing! This piece caught my ear on the radio today (but played by Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) from a 1991 Sony release, Brahms: The Piano Quartets, Opp 25, 26 & 60) because of the Hungarian influence (style hongrois) in the melody. As Grove Music Online indicates, "The fiery rondo-finale ‘alla Zingarese’ constitutes the earliest appearance of the style hongrois (and one of the most successful) in Brahms's chamber music."

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