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The positive response to Capriccio's first recording of his Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet (C5390) has enabled this series to be continued now with three works representative of Labor's oeuvre from the early 1890s. In Vienna, Labor was part of Johannes Brahms's close circle of friends. Brahms particularly valued his composer colleagues who went their own way without copying him. Labor's music is very skillfully composed, always sensuous, and first and foremost melodious; it does not require a too complete concentration on itself. A total of around eighty compositions have survived. Among them are practically no occasional works, which is connected to the fact that he was blind for him composition was a luxury, insofar as he had to rely on the help of a scribe who had to commit the work to paper. Album Tracks 1. Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier Nr. 1 A-Dur, Op. 7~I. Allegro 2. Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier Nr. 1 A-Dur, Op. 7~II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 3. Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier Nr. 1 A-Dur, Op. 7~III. Quasi andante 4. Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier Nr. 1 A-Dur, Op. 7~IV. Allegro con spirito 5. Thema und Variationen für Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier, Op. 10 6. Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 5~I. Allegro ma non troppo 7. Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 5~II. Adagio ma non troppo 8. Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 5~III. Tempo di Menuetto - Quasi Sicilienne 9. Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 5~IV. Quasi improvisato
