Name: Brahms: String Quintets
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There’s a wealth of characterisation within this richly unified, bronze-dark ensemble. A deep-dug, chunky tone, often quite rugged, is offset by moments of intense sweetness, as well as great... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Jun 2024
Catalogue No: BIS2727
Label: BIS
Length: 61 minutes

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August 2024

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Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88

Work length30:04

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Gringolts Quartet, Lilli Maijala

I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio

Track length12:01

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II. Grave ed appassionato — Allegretto vivace — Tempo I — Presto — Tempo I

Track length12:19

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III. Allegro energico — Presto

Track length5:44

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Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111

Work length31:18

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Gringolts Quartet, Lilli Maijala

I. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Track length13:25

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II. Adagio

Track length6:17

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III. Un poco allegretto

Track length6:06

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IV. Vivace ma non troppo presto

Track length5:30

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Johannes Brahms’s soul shines through in his chamber music. Following in the footsteps of Mozart and Schubert, Brahms wrote two string quintets that rank among his greatest chamber music masterpieces. He took up this genre rather late in life, but in it he was able to express both the joy and the nostalgia he carried with him into his maturity. The Quintet in F major, op.88, held a special place in the composer’s heart, and he considered it to be his finest work. A bucolic spirit and a gentle joie de vivre pervade the work, sometimes referred to as the ‘spring quintet’. A majestic, pastoral first movement testifies to this cheerfulness, followed by a melancholy movement before the spirited finale. The Quintet in G major, op.111, also radiates vigour, expressing the composer’s strength, nostalgia and exuberance. With echoes of Viennese folk music, the piece has been referred to as the ‘Prater quintet’, a reference to the famous Viennese park. These two deep and melancholic works are played by the Gringolts Quartet, whose previous recordings for BIS, particularly those devoted to Arnold Schoenberg’s quartets, have won high praise, and who are joined by sought-after Finnish violist Lilli Maijala.

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August 2024

There’s a wealth of characterisation within this richly unified, bronze-dark ensemble. A deep-dug, chunky tone, often quite rugged, is offset by moments of intense sweetness, as well as great delicacy and refinement.

September 2024

Stylistically the Gringolts Quartet have an individual, often varied approach to vibrato and portamento: nothing is overdone and the playing, viewed as such, is never less than excellent. So far, so good. What is missing, to these ears at least, is warmth.

July 2024

Tuning and ensemble are immaculate and balances among the instrument’sideal, allowing the warm, buzzing sonorities of the extra viola to make their mark. The players adapt effortlessly to the disparate range of styles Brahms melds into a coherent unity.

August 2024

its melodicism enhanced here by Ilya Gringolts’ honeyed tone and expressive use of portamento…Gringolts and co. are fully at home… BIS’s realistic, panoramic sound is a strong attraction.

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