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Review title: Emerson 4, Fleisher 1
Product review: Somehow the Emerson Quartet doesn't seem quite a good match with Brahms, and I I'm not quite sure why. As at least one other reviewer has noted, although these performances are technically near perfect there doesn't seem to be heart beating in the middle of them. Like at least one other reviewer, I've never been that crazy about the Brahms quartets in the first place, but the Emersons don't seem to try to make any kind of gutsy case for them. That leaves the Piano Quintet, and here it's much the same story -- or would be, if Leon Fleisher weren't there at the keyboard, breathing some life into the performance. This is the portion of the album that is worthwhile, and since this is a two-for-the-price-of-one affair, one can come close to believing that the recording of the Quintet is alone worth the price of the release. Maybe. Should be 3.5 stars, but Fleisher makes it an even 4.
