The New Zealand Herald

CD Review: Brahms - String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

The New Zealand String Quartet has a distinguished track record on disc, balancing homegrown with international repertoire. Its latest Naxos release offers the first two string quartets of Brahms, ...
SFGate

CD review: Brahms String Quartet Op. 51, #2, Piano Quintet Op. 34

"Definitive" is a dangerous word to use about any performance, especially when the work in question is the rich and repeatedly recorded Piano Quintet Op. 34 by Brahms. But this eloquent, expansive and ...
Gramophone

BRAHMS; HERZOGENBERG String Quartets

String Quartet No. 1 Johannes Brahms, Composer New Zealand Qt String Quartet No. 2 New Zealand Qt Johannes Brahms, Composer The first quartet of the Op 42 group, in G minor, is by far the most ...
The Irish Times

Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor; Clarinet Quintet, Michael Collins (clarinet), Brodsky Quartet

Brahms claimed to have written and destroyed 20 string quartets before he managed to complete any he wanted to keep. The two quartets of his Op. 51, which he wrote in 1873, ended a quarter century ...