About This Song
About "Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: III. Scherzo. Poco Allegro" by Christian Tetzlaff
Brahms's Scherzo skips like a stone across a dark pond—Poco Allegro, but with a nervous shimmer. Tetzlaff and ensemble trade puckish motifs with chamber-music intimacy, the piano's staccato poking holes in the string texture. It's a joke told in a minor-key whisper, charming on the surface, restless underneath.