BRAHMS J. PIANO TRIOS Op.8, Op.101, SONATENSATZ IN C MINOR / Guarneri Trio Prague

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

PIANO TRIO No.1 in B major, Op.8 (1854 - 1890)

SONATENSATZ in C minor/c-moll/ut mineur, for violin and piano

PIANO TRIO No.3 in C minor, Op.101 (1886)

GUARNERI TRIO PRAGUE:

Ivan Klánský piano/Klavier, Čeněk Pavlík violin/Violine/violon, Marek Jerie cello/Violoncello/violoncelle

The 'Nordic' mood and youthful ardour of Opus 8, preserved intact even in its final revision, are summed up in Opus 101, a brief, dense work of near-orchestral power in the opening energico, whimsical ballade on its second-movement Presto, whilst in the

Andante grazioso, violin and cello in duo sketch out what will be the almost-contemporary next work, the Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102. The finale seems both prolix and teeming, of rhythmic freedom, illustrating the imaginative world of the Hanseatic

youth of the composer of Ein deutsches Requiem.

(Praga Digitals)