Piano Quintet, String Quartet No.1 : Quatuor Ebene, Akiko Yamamoto

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Quatuor Ebene
Akiko Yamamoto, piano

For their second Virgin Classics release the members of the Quatuor Ebene turn from the native French repertoire of their first release to music firmly in the Austro-German tradition, Brahms' first string quartet and first piano quartet.

Joining them for the quintet is the Japanese pianist Akiko Yamamoto; when the five musicians played the piece together in London in 2006, the Independent newspaper had the following to say: "This talented group wound up their concert with a brilliant performance of Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor, with the piano acting as a firm anchor, while the strings sang their hearts out. Come back soon."