{"product_id":"busch-quartet-brahms-string-piano-quartets-1932-49-pacm091","title":"BUSCH QUARTET Brahms: String \u0026 Piano Quartets (1932-49) - PACM091","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRAHMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eString Quartets Nos. 1-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRAHMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Piano Quartet No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D7708D0\"\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio Recordings · 1932-49\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 13:36 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775340\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Busch Quartet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ewith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRudolf Serkin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fGramophone Historic Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fLet me say at once : this is a wonderful performance indeed578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fIt was wise to choose the more immediately attractive of the two\nstring quartets that make up Brahms’ Op. 51 and I earnestly hope that\nthe record-buying public will support this laudable enterprise. The\ncomposer never returned to the medium of the string quartet, preferring\nthe piano quartet, which he evidently found more congenial. The first\nmovement, full of energy and drive, is a little too rich in texture in\nspite of a lovely lusingando second subject : and the second movement\nis, its dramatic middle section apart, of a very romantic cast. The gem\nof the quartet is the very original Minuet movement which has a lively\nscherzo in place of a trio, and this movement contains music of the\ngreatest beauty. The final movement gives the lie to Wolf, who said\nBrahms could not exult, and nothing in the quartet is lovelier than the\nsudden ironing out of the syncopations of its chief subject, in the\ncoda, and the presentation of the theme in the simplest possible terms\njust before a most exciting conclusion is added. The Busch Quartet are\nat the top of their form in this recording and bring out all the lyrical\nbeauty of the work as well as the brilliance of the livelier movements.\nThe recording is exceedingly good.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.R., The Gramophone\u003c\/b\u003e Review of String Quartet No. 2, November 1947\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me say at once : this is a wonderful performance indeed. The four\nplayers are not perhaps in their very highest form in the first\nmovement, but that still leaves them well ahead of most other quartets I\nhave heard. Serkin’s opening phrase is not well calculated and he shows\nelsewhere in the movement some tendency to push on in a rather ruthless\nway with heaviness of accentuation : but you can scarcely be in doubt\nthat you are in for a big performance. In the Intermezzo all the players\nhave found their form and this odd but magical movement gets a really\nlovely performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the heights—and the highest heights— are reached in a magnificent\nreading of the slow movement. The intensity of feeling in the opening\nsection is a quality characteristic of the Busch players (and notably,\nof course, of their leader) : equally noteworthy is the playing in the\ncontrasting С major section that follows. Indeed, the performance of\nthis whole movement makes it quite clear that we are listening to\nartists of the very highest calibre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd having arrived at this form they proceed to a performance of\nBrahms’ wonderful Finale, which is by turns scintillating and\nwonderfully alluring. How well, for one thing, those changes of time and\nrhythm are judged. Thé balance of the instruments in the recording is\nexcellent throughout, the ensemble is impeccable, while the quality of\nrecorded sound is very good (though, like the. playing, it seemed to me\nto improve from good to excellent as it went along). This is a\nmagnificent set of records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eT.H., The Gramophone\u003c\/b\u003e  Review of Piano Quartet No. 1, September 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACM091.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePioneering Busch String Quartet brilliant with Brahms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Busch Quartet are at the top of their form ... exceedingly good\" - The Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese recordings provide us with a wonderful sweep of time both in\nterms of chamber music performance in the era of commercial sound\nrecording, and in terms of recording quality. Thanks in part to the\nefforts of the National Gramophonic Society, by 1932 the major record\ncompanies were taking chamber music seriously and the Busch Quartet were\namong the vanguard of a handful of new, highly professional,\ntechnically brilliant groups able to profit from this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time they returned to the Brahms Quartets another revolution\nwas in the air, and we hear clearly the quality leap from the 78rpm disc\nrecordings of the 2nd Quartet to the taped recordings of the 3rd and\nthe Piano Quartet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the recordings have benefited enormously from both pitch\ncorrection and\/or stabilisation and XR remastering in these new\ntransfers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRAHMS String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 19 \u0026amp; 23 September, 1932\u003cbr\u003eIssued as HMV DB 1807-10\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 2B.3858-65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 19 April, 1947\u003cbr\u003eIssued as Columbia LX.1022-25\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 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