(1998) Brahms: The Three Piano Quartets Bross Townsend's Band Gernika for choir and orchestra

Gernika for choir and orchestra with Basque lyrics is one of his most moving and well-known compositions

Anner Bylsma

’s piano in a recording

searching sound evokes the somber music of the Siberian exile from his then-recent Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

lay in conducting

(1998) Brahms: The Three Piano Quartets Bross Townsend's Band Gernika for choir and orchestraBrahms three piano quartets mark the beginning of the young eagles full artistic maturity. The unique combination of formal perfection, technical brilliance and youthful inventiveness contribute to their unique beauty and originality. The quartet in G minor, opus 25, is lively and colorful, well known for its Rondo la hongroise. The quartet in A major, opus 26, is more expansive and more strictly composed; the last two movements mark the beginning of