Release Date: 18.09.2015

String Quartet No. 1 Op. 51 No. 1 in C minor

I. Allegro 10:21

II. Romanze. Poco adagio 6:48

III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo 8:44

IV. Allegro 6:10

String Quartet No. 3 Op. 67 in B flat major

I. Vivace 10:26

II. Andante 7:09

III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo)
     Trio - Coda 8:11

IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni

Artemis Quartet
Vineta Sareika, Gregor Sigl - violins
Friedemann Weigle - viola
Eckart Runge - cello

Brahms’ first and third string quartets, composed in the 1870s, are two contrasting works that the members of the Artemis Quartet describe as “remarkable and multi-faceted, tying a Romantic spirit with the structure and forms of Classicism, both imbued with a sense of warmth, immediacy and friendship as well as with a more spiritual, timeless beauty”.