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"Chamber music is the only true form of music and the most authentic expression of a personality," insisted Gabriel Fauré. Having taken its eponym's guiding principle to heart, the Fauré Quartett is now widely regarded as one of the leading chamber groups in the world. Within a short space of time it has conquered the great concert halls of London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Milan, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere. "They attract superlatives wherever they go," wrote The Strad following a concert at London's Wigmore Hall, while the Süddeutsche Zeitung praised them for a performance that "brought tremendous pleasure by highlighting interpretative details that had scarcely ever been heard before." For this album, their second on Deutsche Grammophon, the chamber group focuses on two of Brahms piano quartets, op. 25 & op. 60. These large and technically demanding works are given brilliant and exciting performances.