Linos Ensemble

Linos Ensemble – Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:19 minutes | 731 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © CapriccioNR

Brahms is famous for his symphonies and grand concertos. But many Brahms-lovers would argue he shines brightest in chamber works. And indeed, there is almost no work of Brahms’ that did not start out as chamber music, including his Serenade No.1, which began life as a nonet. It is presented here by the Linos Ensemble in its reconstructed original form. For his second Serenade, Brahms stuck with the chamber orchestra-sized ensemble from the get-go. Clara Schumann approved: “What could I possibly tell you about the Adagio? I feel as if there were no words for the sheer joy that this piece brings me. It’s marvelously beautiful!”
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Linos Ensemble – Farrenc: Piano Trios 2 & 4; Variations concertantes; Sonata op. 37 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:41 minutes | 863 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CPO

„What elegant themes! What finesse in her choice of harmonies! What spontaneity in her developments! … no sign of strain or effort; on the contrary, every measure testifies to her inspiration, vigour and – let’s just call it what it is – creative genius. And everywhere we experience an exquisite freshness, young, flourishing sensitivity and exuberant expansiveness. One might guess this is a work by a 20 year-old Mozart – Mme Farrenc is a truly great artist and an inspired musician. She is great and inspiring to the degree that one forgets that she is also one of our best piano professors and a first-class pianist.“

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