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| Piano Quintet in F Min / Complete String Quartets (1, 2, 3) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johannes Brahms, Leon Fleisher
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $13.09
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9635
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000871802
UPC: 028947764588
EAN: 0028947764588
ASIN: B000MGB3DK
Release Date: May 8, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Allegro | | • | Romanze: Poco Adagio | | • | Allegro Molto Moderato E Comodo-Un Poco Piu Animato | | • | Allegro | | • | Allegro Non Troppo | | • | Andante Moderato | | • | Quasi Minuetto, Moderato-Allegretto Vivace | | • | Finale: Allegro Non Assai |
Disc 2
| • | Vivace | | • | Andante | | • | Agitato (Allegretto Non Troppo)-Trio | | • | Poco Allegretto Con Variazioni-Doppio Movimento | | • | Allegro Non Troppo | | • | Andante, Un Poco Adagio | | • | Scherzo: Allegro-Trio | | • | Finale: Poco Sostenuto-Allegro Non Troppo-Presto, Non Troppo |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This handsome set of Brahms's chamber music features the stunning Emerson Quartet, and in the Piano Quintet, the pianist Leon Fleischer, happily recovered from a very lengthy crippling illness. The Quintet is singingly, lyrically played, with Brahms's long melodies the focal point. It's a beautiful performance, with the Emerson seemingly listening to and following Fleischer. The Quartets are performed with lush tone, with the Op. 51, no. 2, sounding particularly intense, with each dynamic change pointedly underlined. Op. 51's second movement (Romanze) makes the listener wish Brahms had set a text to the music -- it is played with exquisite lyricism. The B-flat major Quartet is vibrant, with the final movement's variations, colored by the viola, so clearly played that one can hear the echoes of the Quartet's first movement. A fine pair of CDs. --Robert Levine
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Dynamic Duo #2 January 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved all of Fleisher's recordings with George Szell in the 50's and early 60's before he became afflicted with dystonia. In particular, the Beethoven concertos (still the best stereo cycle of those works), the Grieg/Schumann concertos (still at or near the top), and the Brahms concertos (along with Gilels, the best pairing of those). Fleisher & Szell were quite a dynamic duo. Now over 40 years later comes the best stereo recording I've heard of the piano quintet (yes, I like it better than Pollini/Quartetto Italiano). As for the quartets, there are many fine recordings. I especially like the Verdi Quartett's Op. 51 set. The Alban Berg has a fine set of all three on 2 discs (but inexplicably no "filler"). But, this set by the Emerson's is as good as any I've heard, and probably better. When you add it all up, it's a no-brainer as to which set to get. Hopefully, this is the first of many collaborations between Fleisher and the Emerson Quartet (while he can still play at this level).
Too good August 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The quartets are played at the height of virtuosity. However, like Heifetz, the perfection can leave one a bit chilly. The passion tends to be lost in the execution. Tempos are just too fast. That being said, the virtuosity is indeed remarkable.
 Decent performance by the Emerson Quartet................... August 1, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
The performances on this disc are not what I have a problem with. I actually would have given this disc at least 4 stars out of 5 if it weren't for the terrible job the audio engineer did when putting the recording together. The sound of the instruments aren't bad, but the instrument placing is some of the worst I have EVER heard. When one puts on a good pair of headphones your attention is directed to the first violinist on steroids seated behind your left shoulder. Then you notice that the cello and viola appear to be seated on top of each other. Lastly the second violinist often gets confused for the first violinist because he is placed behind the actual first violinist. It's a real tragedy that the Emerson could not have been presented in a more listenable manner. The performances that could have been memorable were made almost un-listenable by the terrible balance. When it comes time for Emerson to make their next recording they need to make sure that they never hire the same audio engineer.
Brahms' Bonus Bargan... July 24, 2007
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
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What can one say?--for the price of a pack of cigarettes (nearly!), you can now obtain what are probably the finest Brahms' string quartet realizations available.
I find it strange that Brahms' string quartets have never really been "popular." Possibly this popular ambivalence is due to his running away from Beethoven and towards Schoenberg. Anyway, I've always loved them for this reason, and I have long preferred the old Amadeus reading Brahms: The String Quartets/Dvorak: Quartet, Op. 96 for its Schoenbergian razor-sharpness.
As Santa Fe man said, Fleisher is good with the Qunitet; however, if you want a really distinctive realization of Brahms' Piano Quintet, look no further than Glenn Gould's Glenn Gould Edition: Schumann & Brahms What he does with the inner two movements is absolutely astounding, while taking the whole work as a gestalt: now, that is Art.
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A very fine digital recording of the quartets June 24, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Leon Fleisher and the Emerson Quartet had a chance to make a fabulous digital recording of the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet--but they blew it. Instead we get an okay performance that features an overly thoughtful interpretation and frustratingly slow tempos in some spots. This is not an autumnal work, and the attempt by the players to do it that way doesn't work for me. I am not a total fan of the Emerson quartet--I personally prefer the more urgent and less lyrical sound of the Juilliard or Tokyo Quartets. However there is some exceptional playing in the 3 Brahms Quartets. Given the low price and the scarcity of recordings of the Brahms Quartets, I would recommend this 2-disc set.
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