Trio Wanderer & Christophe Gaugué - Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op. 60 & Piano Trio, Op. 8 (2016) [Hi-Res]

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01. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con moto
02. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto-Trio. Più lento
03. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: III. Adagio ma non troppo
04. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: IV. Allegro molto agitato
05. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: I. Allegro non troppo
06. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: II. Scherzo. Allegro
07. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante
08. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: IV. Finale. Allegro comodo

Brahms almost completely rewrote his Trio Op. 8 35 years after its first performance – yet the rarely performed original version (recorded here) is a splendid example of the impetuous, fantastical universe of the young composer. Similarly, his intense self-criticism meant it took him 19 years to produce the definitive version of his Piano Quartet Op.60, perhaps the freest and most intimate of his three works for these forces.

The Trio Wanderer's Complete Piano Trios of Brahms [HMC901915/16 nla] was a Daily Telegraph CD of the Week: “A superb Brahms recital”, said Richard Wigmore, and Stephen Johnson in BBC Music Magazine opined: “This is some of the most elegant playing I have heard in Brahms’s chamber music…superb playing.”

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