J. Brahms - Brahms Piano Trios 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

J. Brahms - Piano Trios Op 8 87 & 101 [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/01/2009

Twice Brahms worked on his first piano trio [op. 8] In 1854, when he put it to paper and 1889, when he worked on it again and thoroughly revised it. Both versions have their merit and, more importantly still, their own specific musical charm. This applies particularly to the finely chiselled interpretations by the Abegg Trio. Fono Forum)

Are there really that many piano trios by Brahms? There are indeed, even though one work on this CD could not prove this. The Abegg Trio now present their fourth CD with works by Johannes Brahms! And once more, as with Volume III, Gerrit Zitterbart, Ulrich Beetz and Birgit Erichson played historical instruments and used. Gut strings. Martin Spangenberg played a copy of a clarinet by Richard Muhlfeld, who inspired Brahms' later clarinet works. - the recording was made in a small church near Vienna. The Abegg Trio never fail to astound US with their timelessly modern, unsentimental, accurate, thorough and yet truly sensitive interpretation of the score. Album Tracks 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Andantino Grazioso 4. Allegro 5. Moderato 6. Vivace 7. Lento 8. Presto