| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, Op.26 | |
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Op.25 |
| Elisabeth Leonskaja | Piano |
| Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin |
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Like many of Brahms’s compositions, his First Piano Quartet occupied him over a period of years: begun in 1856, it was completed in 1861, with Clara Schumann assuming the piano part in the first performance the following year; the Rondo alla Zingarese finale is one of the composer’s many tributes to Roma music. Dating from 1861, its successor – the longest of all his chamber music compositions – shows the influence of Schubert.