Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
After the first rehearsal of Brahms’s Piano Quartet in Vienna, a notoriously grumpy violinist hugged him and said, “this is Beethoven’s heir!”
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Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Today’s audience might wonder what made Fauré’s dreamy First Piano Quartet sound so new and different at the time.
Antonín Dvořak: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Perhaps because it foils preconceptions about what Dvořák’s music should sound like, the Piano Quartet No. 2 is often overlooked. But it’s masterfully written and full of surprises.