Norbert Brainin
Violinist Norbert Brainin was the founder and leader of the Amadeus String Quartet, one of the premier string quartets in the twentieth century. A native of Vienna, Brainin was inspired at age 6 to pick up the violin after seeing a concert featuring the young Yehudi Menuhin, and he studied at the Vienna Konservatorium with Carl Flesch and Ricardo Odnoposoff. Brainin's course of study was interrupted by the Anschluss, and he and his Jewish family were forced to flee to England. At war's end, Brainin was awarded the Carl Flesch Prize by London's Guildhall School of Music. In forming the Amadeus Quartet, Brainin drew upon fellow students with whom he had played at Guildhall -- violinist Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof, who agreed to switch from violin to viola, and cellist Martin Lovett.
The Amadeus Quartet debuted in January 1948 to immediate acclaim, and this provided the touchstone for a 40-year career as one of the world's most popular string quartets in travels spanning the globe and multitudes of recordings and concert appearances. When Peter Schidlof died suddenly in 1987, the quartet agreed to disband, but Brainin continued to perform as a solo artist, and did a small amount of recording late in life. He also appeared in concerts supporting controversial American presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, whose initiative to lower the nationally prescribed pitch of middle C to the 256 Hz of Bach's time Brainin supported.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mozart: Quintettes à cordes, K. 593 & K. 614 (Mono Version)
Cecil Aronowitz, Amadeus-Quartett, Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ludwig van Beethoven - Complete Violin Sonatas
Klassiek - Released by Preiser Records on 6 okt. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sinfonia Concertante - Concertone
Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, English Chamber Orchestra, Neil Black, Alexander Gibson, Olga Hegedus
Kamermuziek - Released by Chandos on 1 mei 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: String Quartets
Amadeus Quartett, Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett
Kamermuziek - Released by Jube Classic on 7 feb. 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, vol. 20
Norbert Brainin, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Klassiek - Released by ArnebAudio on 21 mrt. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major & Concertone in C Major
Alexander Gibson, English Chamber Orchestra, Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof
Symfonieën - Released by Chandos on 1 apr. 1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milestones of a Piano Legend: Sir Clifford Curzon, Vol. 7
Clifford Curzon, Norbert Brainin, New Symphony Orchestra, Peter Schidlof, Enrique Jorda, Martin Lovett
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 mrt. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo