BRAHMS

 

Double Concerto, Op. 102

Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115

 

Renaud Capuçon - violin, Gautier Capuçon - cello, Aki Saulière - violin, Paul Meyer - clarinet, Béatrice Muthelet - viola

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung

 

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. Autumn 2007 sees the tradition go 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 Paul Meyer and formed their own quartet, the Capuçon quartet, with Aki 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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