Ludmila Peterková, Jan Páleníček, Jitka Čechová, Přemysl Vojta, Jana Vonášková-Nováková, Smetana Trio - Brahms: The Complete Piano Trios (2012)

Tracklist

01. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: I. Allegro energico
02. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: II. Presto non assai
03. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: III. Andante grazioso
04. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: IV. Allegro molto
05. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: I. Allegro
06. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: II. Andante con moto
07. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: III. Scherzo. Presto
08. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: IV. Finale. Allegro giocoso
09. Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro
10. Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: II. Adagio
11. Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: III. Andantino grazioso
12. Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: IV. Allegro
13. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio
14. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
15. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: III. Adagio
16. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: IV. Allegro
17. Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: I. Andante - Poco piu animato
18. Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: II. Scherzo. Allegro
19. Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: III. Adagio mesto
20. Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio



Following on from the recording of the complete trios of Antonín Dvořák (Supraphon), the renowned and critically acclaimed Smetana Trio have taken the logical step of recording a Johannes Brahms album of the same ilk. As a pianist, Brahms earned admiration back in his childhood and later on many occasions even premiered his own pieces. Almost four decades span the first trio Brahms wrote, at the age of twenty, and the last. Besides piano trios in the traditional configuration, he composed a trio for horn and a trio for clarinet. The sound of the horn, an instrument Brahms himself played, was reputedly loved by the composer's mother and he wrote the horn trio as a response to her death. Brahms created the clarinet trio for the celebrated clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, whom the composer esteemed immensely. The Smetana Trio's guests on the new recording are the outstanding clarinettist Ludmila Peterková and the superlative horn player Přemysl Vojta, winner of the ARD Munich competition (2010) and holder of a Beethoven Ring.

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