 | from Brahms: String Quartet & Piano Quintet (CDA67551) 1 Allegro non troppo [14'19] 40 minutes 6 seconds 4 tracks2 Andante, un poco adagio [8'06] 3 Scherzo: Allegro [7'15] 4 Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo – Presto non troppo [10'26] ‘The Takács Quartet … reveal anew the extraordinarily imaginative way in which [String Quartet No 2 Op 51] begins, and breath air into the intricate textures which precede the vacillating second ... ‘These new versions from Stephen Hough and the Takács Quartet strike me as even better, and in more modern sound … in both Quintet and Quartet the performers give bright, focused, alert, almost ' ... ‘I'm not a fan of thick-stringed, turgid Brahms; I like to hear the inner details. That's something these players offer: everything is audible, and balances are good. The Takács create lean transparen ... |