About
Brahms's Third Piano Quartet gestated for a long time - the first sketches were made in 1855, whilst the work was not completed until 1875. Numerous commentators tie the work to Brahms's infatuation with Clara Schumann, who certainly heard many of the various iterations of the piece before it's final version. But Brahms did not write programme music, and whatever his motivations may or may not have been, the result is, like the rest of his output, pure music. Louise Heritte-Viardot was a French singer, pianist, conductor, and composer. She was born in Paris, the eldest child of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Louis Viardot, and sister to the violinist and conductor Paul Viardot. Her singing career was cut short by illness, but with the help of Clara Schumann she found a second career as a singing teacher at the Hoch Conservatory, in Frankfurt. In contrast to Brahms's quartet, Viardot's work is extremely programmatic. Titled I'm Sommer (In Summer), it comprises four movements which also carry evocative titles: 'Morning, in the Woods', 'Flies and Butterflies', 'Sultriness', and 'Evening, under the Oak-tree'.
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 I. Des Morgens, im Walde (Morning, in the Woods) 07:23
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Des Morgens, im Walde (Morning, in the Woods)
- Duration
- 07:23
- Composer
- Louise Héritte-Viardot
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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2 II. Scherzo: Fliegen und Schmetterlinge (Flies and Butterflies) 05:46
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Scherzo: Fliegen und Schmetterlinge (Flies and Butterflies)
- Duration
- 05:46
- Composer
- Louise Héritte-Viardot
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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3 III. Die Schwüle (Sultriness) 06:14
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Die Schwüle (Sultriness)
- Duration
- 06:14
- Composer
- Louise Héritte-Viardot
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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4 IV. Bauerntanz (Peasant Dance): Abends, unter der Eiche (Evening, under the Oak-tree) 04:35
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Bauerntanz (Peasant Dance): Abends, unter der Eiche (Evening, under the Oak-tree)
- Duration
- 04:35
- Composer
- Louise Héritte-Viardot
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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5 I. Allegro ma non troppo 10:59
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Allegro ma non troppo
- Duration
- 10:59
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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6 II. Scherzo: Allegro 04:10
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Scherzo: Allegro
- Duration
- 04:10
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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7 III. Andante 08:35
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Andante
- Duration
- 08:35
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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8 IV. Allegro comodo 11:26
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Allegro comodo
- Duration
- 11:26
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble
- Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective