Yes, yes, we know: Schumann's Piano Quartet and Brahms's Piano Quintet have been two of the the most-recorded pieces of chamber music for decades, and the discography boasts some runaway successes. So the four (or five, depending) soloists assembled here for the occasion are going to need to have something special up their sleeves! And they have: spirit, rugged romanticism, deep conviction - in a word, everything you need to add a beautiful stone to the Brahms-Schumann edifice. Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin has been acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as "potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century" - note the amusing caveat "potentially" - but one has to admit that he is making the most of this potential; violinist Hrachya Avanesyan took first prize at the prestigious International Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2006, and then, two years later, at the International Carl Nielsen competition in Denmark. Violist Diemut Poppen studied with Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet, Frans Brüggen and Heinz Holliger, before launching into a particularly brilliant chamber music career... As the reader will have gathered, these musicians have got what it takes. © SM/Qobuz