Symphony Atlas

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

186140 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1861) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo (minuet and trio), Andante con moto and Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto (rondo).

Recording: Fauré Quartett (2014)

Premium

Follow all 51 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II: · Minuet and trio
  3. III
  4. IV : · Rondo
ISonata form0:15–13:09

in G minor. The piano begins alone with a stern in octaves, and this short cell supplies much of what follows. The has several themes: 1, a second idea, a and a lyrical 2. Then the starts. The unusually begins with a later , in G major, instead of the opening. A brief, intense follows.

  1. : 1
  2. : Part 2
II: Minuet and trio13:42–21:03
III 21:29–31:32
IV : Rondo32:05–40:06

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

Report a timing error

More by Brahms

See all →

More in sonata form

See all →

In the catalog

Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodG minorSonata formMinuet and trioRondo

Join Symphony Atlas

Continue with GoogleCreate account

Have one? Sign in