The Artemis Quartet pairs Brahms’ intense First Quartet with his lighter-spirited Third Quartet, both works that the Artemis’ cellist, Eckart Runge, describes as “remarkable and multi-faceted”. He says that “Brahms marries a Romantic spirit with the structure and forms of Classicism. There is an almost symphonic approach in the writing, but at the same time the quartets are imbued with a sense of warmth, immediacy, friendship and love that is interwoven with a more spiritual, timeless beauty”.

01 Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1: I. Allegro  - Artemis Quartet
02 Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1: II. Romanze - Poco adagio  - Artemis Quartet
03 Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1: III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo  - Artemis Quartet
04 Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1: IV. Allegro  - Artemis Quartet
05 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: I. Vivace  - Artemis Quartet
06 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: II. Andante  - Artemis Quartet
07 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) - Trio - Coda  - Artemis Quartet
08 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni  - Artemis Quartet