Trio Wanderer - Brahms: Piano Quartet Op. 60 & Piano Trio Op. 8 (2016) {DSD64} DSF

Tracklist:

Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (Johannes Brahms)

[17:43] 01. I. Allegro Con Moto
[06:29] 02. II. Scherzo. Allegro Molto - Trio. Più Lento
[08:06] 03. III. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
[09:21] 04. IV. Allegro Molto Agitato

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 (Johannes Brahms)

[10:05] 05. I. Allegro Non Troppo
[04:05] 06. II. Scherzo. Allegro
[08:02] 07. III. Andante
[10:01] 08. IV. Finale. Allegro Comodo

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Artist Credit
Johannes Brahms - Composer
Vincent Coq - Member of Featured Artist
Caspar David Friedrich - Cover Art
Christophe Gaugué - Primary Artist, Viola
Roman Hinke - Liner Notes
Charles Johnson - Liner Note Translation
Tobias Lehmann - Engineer
Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian - Member of Featured Artist
Raphaël Pidoux - Member of Featured Artist
Elisabeth Rothmund - Liner Note Translation
Martin Sauer - Artistic Director, Editing
François Sechet - Photography
Trio Wanderer Ensemble, Primary Artist

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.”