Norbert Brainin

Norbert Brainin

Norbert Brainin

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Wini - Wini
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Prelude for String Sextet, Op. 85
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Piano Quintet in F Minor: III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
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Piano Quintet in F Minor: II. Lento, con molto sentimento
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Piano Quintet in F Minor: I. Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro

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Norbert Brainin

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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 for...
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