Brahms / Kern / Dali Quartet Piano Quintets CD

Two landmark works of the chamber repertoire, the piano quintets of Johannes Brahms and Dmitri Shostakovich, are rendered with power and beauty by acclaimed pianist Olga Kern and the path-breaking Dal? Quartet. The winner of many prestigious awards, including the Gold Medal of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the Moscow-born Ms. Kern has soloed with leading orchestras around the world. She is making her Delos debut with this album, following a run on the Harmonia Mundi label that included a GRAMMY½ nomination for Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations. The Philadelphia-based Dal? Quartet is best known for spearheading an infusion of Latin American works into the chamber repertoire. Rapturously received in it's live performances, the Dal? is Quartet in Residence at West Chester University and was the 2021 recipient of the Guarneri String Quartet Residency.