Quartetto Werther - Elective Affinities - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The young, Italy-based Quartetto Werther, regarded as one of the most promising rising chamber ensembles in the Italian and international concert scene, presents two masterpieces from the piano quartet repertoire a lesser known work by the 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 3, a composition he grappled with for nearly twenty years. This GENUIN pays homage to three towering figures of Romanticism Mendelssohn, Brahms, and the literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, without whom these works might never have come into existence. Firmly grounded in Goethe's poetic legacy and performed with extraordinary musical and technical refinement, this album brings both fresh revelations and long-overdue rediscoveries to light! Album Tracks 1. Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3~Allegro molto 2. Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3~Andante 3. Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3~Allegro molto 4. Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3~Finale. Allegro vivace 5. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60~Allegro non troppo 6. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60~Scherzo. Allegro 7. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60~Andante 8. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60~Finale. Allegro comodo