Piano Trios Opp. 8, 87, & 101

Album by Johannes Brahms & Vladimir Ashkenazy & Itzhak Perlman & Lynn Harrell

Piano Trios Opp. 8, 87, & 101 is a collection of three piano trios by Johannes Brahms, composed between 1854 and 1886. They document Brahms's evolution from youthful Romantic exuberance to a more concentrated mature manner, combining lyrical melodic writing, dense harmonic textures and close chamber interplay among piano, violin and cello, and they occupy an important place in his chamber-music output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio
    14:20
  2. 2.
    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    6:24
  3. 3.
    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8: III. Adagio
    8:25
  4. 4.
    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8: IV. Allegro
    6:13
  5. 5.
    Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87: I. Allegro energico
    9:35
  6. 6.
    Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87: II. Presto non assai
    8:03
  7. 7.
    Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87: III. Andante grazioso
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87: IV. Allegro molto
    6:04

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, I. Allegro energico
    7:32
  2. 3.
    Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, II. Preso non assai
    3:46
  3. 4.
    Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, III. Andante grazioso
    4:06
  4. 5.
    Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, IV. Allegro molto
    5:57
  5. 6.
    Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. posth. I. Moderato
    13:01
  6. 7.
    Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. posth. II. Vivace
    7:07
  7. 8.
    Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. posth. III. Lento
    9:23
  8. 9.
    Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. posth. IV. Presto
    8:38

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