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Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quintet, Op. 34. The Leipziger Streichquartett; Andreas Staier, piano. Recorded in 2002, at Furstliche Reitbahn, Bad Arolsen. Engineer: Friedrich W. Rodding. 39 minutes. MD&G 307 1218.
Interestingly, this work appeared in two previous, but unpublished, forms before Brahms settled on the piano quintet format. Previously it had been composed for string quintet and then later on for two pianos, with the former version eventually destroyed by the composer, possibly because some of the string parts (the ones later given to the piano) were too difficult to play. The dual piano sonata version, which was privately circulated, was criticized by some of Brahms' friends as being too small in scale for just two instruments. Clara Schumann thought ...