Brahms - Double Concerto / Clarinet Quintet Op.115 | Virgin 3951472

Brahms - Double Concerto / Clarinet Quintet Op.115

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Label: Virgin

Cat No: 3951472

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 19th October 2007

Contents

Artists

Renaud Capucon (violin)
Gautier Capucon (cello)
Paul Meyer (clarinet)
Aki Sauliere (violin 2)
Beatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Conductor

Myung-Whun Chung

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115
Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Artists

Renaud Capucon (violin)
Gautier Capucon (cello)
Paul Meyer (clarinet)
Aki Sauliere (violin 2)
Beatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Conductor

Myung-Whun Chung

About

This new release from Renaud and Gautier Capuçon marks the first time either of these works has been recorded on Virgin Classics. With it the Capuçons continue to build their Brahms discography, which already covers the Brahms Sonatas and Trios.

The brothers have already established themselves as a formidable duo with their two recordings of original duet programmes released in 2005 and 2006. The tradition goes on as Renaud and Gautier join forces in another new recording, this time of one of the great works for violin & cello as coupled soloists: Brahms’ Double Concerto.

The Brahms Double Concerto was recorded in April 2007, in the superb Musikverein in Vienna, when they were touring Europe with the highly talented orchestra of young European musicians, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under Myung-Whun Chung.

Recorded in July 2007, the second work offered here is the beautiful Clarinet quintet, widely regarded as Brahms’ supreme achievement in the field of chamber music. Renaud and Gautier invited the French clarinettist and formed their own quartet, the Capuçon quartet, with Paul MeyerAki Saulière, as second violin and Béatrice Muthelet at the viola of Giovanni Grancino (Milan, 1730) from the Scuola di Gracino, Milano (first half of the 18th-century).
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