Artist: Katarzyna Budnik, Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Yuya Okamoto
Title: Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz 
Total Time: 01:19:06
Total Size: 1.53 GB

Tracklist:

1. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: I. Allegro non troppo (10:08)
2. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: II. Scherzo. Allegro (3:41)
3. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante (9:47)
4. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: IV. Finale. Allegro comodo (9:56)
5. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: I. Allegro non troppo (14:31)
6. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: II. Poco adagio (11:42)
7. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: III. Scherzo. Poco allegro – Trio (10:28)
8. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: IV. Finale. Allegro (8:57)

Polish-Swiss pianist Krystian Zimerman releases a further pre-release track of his upcoming album, on which he lays his focus on Brahms’s sometimes overlooked Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3, in order to give them the attention they deserve. For this recording Zimerman, whose passion for chamber music goes back to his childhood and has accompanied him ever since, teamed up with cellist Yuya Okamoto, violinist Maria Nowak and violist Katarzyna Budnik.

“I don’t think there is any other composer who has such an account in terms of quality”, says the pianist. “All Brahms’s chamber music is fantastic – the sonatas, the trios, the Clarinet Quintet. There is no bad piece among them.” He adds, “I particularly love the Third Quartet. It’s crazy. It’s so powerful. It has unbelievable drive