Piano Quartet in A, Op. 26 played by the English Ensemble :
Marjorie Hayward (violin)
Winifred Copperwheat (viola)
May Mukle (cello)
Kathleen Long (piano)
The Piano Quartet in A, which was written when Brahms was twenty-seven, is conceived on a big scale
The first movement is an eloquent and well-reasoned argument on subjects typical of the composer ; the slow movement is a glorious, dreamy fdyll the scherzo with its curious passing allusion at the ta.l-end of the chief theme to the correspond.ng theme in Mendelssohn's Piano
Trio in D minor, is, like all Brahms's scherzi, vigorous and beautifully proportioned; the finale is a brilliant and merry affair not without its moments of sentiment.