“Chamber music is the only true form of music and the most authentic expression of a personality,” said Gabriel Fauré. The German Fauré Quartett took this principle to heart and developed into one of the world's most important chamber music ensembles. “Anyone who has heard the Fauré Quartett will want to hear them again,” says Martha Argerich. With Mozart's second piano quartet, their program begins respectfully at the cradle of the piano quartet. Mozart saw the potential of this hitherto neglected line-up and was the first to write music that made full use of its possibilities. The third piano quartet by the giant among chamber music composers, Johannes Brahms, is grand and tragic and displays all the characteristic use of materials of Brahms' later works. Finally, Dvořák's piano quartet opus 87 is overflowing with earthy energy and culminates in the passionate slow movement. After Mozart and Brahms, the Fauré Quartett opts for a catchy ending!
