Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Johannes Brahms, String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88

Johannes Brahms, String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88
Johannes Brahms - String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88 (1882)

Johannes Brahms String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88, was one of Brahms' least popular chamber works; however, he described it to his friend Clara Schumann as "one of my finest works", and told his publisher that "You have never before had such a beautiful work from me."

Performed by Roxana Pavel Goldstein, Elizabeth Choi, violins; Elias Goldstein, Sally Chisholm, violas; and Jocelyn Butler, cello in 2009.

A fine performance of an unusually modernist work. I can see why it wasn't popular at the time, but it does use discordances and other unusual harmonic structures to very interesting effect. I like it a lot. Our article on it is a bit of an embarassment, but, eh, the state of articles isn't part of Featured Sounds (though if anyone knows a Brahms expert, can you nudge them that way?) Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Nominate and support. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Well played; it's great to find a string quintet on Wikipedia. The recording is done well too. Major Bloodnok (talk) 00:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Support (note: I uploaded it along with other music by Pandora Records, and I created the article about the work as a placeholder; it's not my best article, but I think it's a reasonable start ... but any help expanding it would be greatly appreciated!) I can't find too many flaws in the actual performance, unless one counts the portamento at 00:12 of the 1st movement, which is quite appropriate for the period! It's one of Brahms' less accessible works IMO, but definitely worth a listen. Graham 87  10:09, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The article's pretty well written, but the sourcing could be better. It'd be nice to have a somewhat better article to link to in the likely event of this going onto the main page. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Support—but "modernist"? Tony   (talk)  07:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Not all of it, obviously, but there are sections that use discordances in ways that go well beyond what is normal for Romantic-period music. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Promoted all (3 Files) --  S ven M anguard  Wha?  21:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

