For this complete recording of Johannes Brahms' piano trios, the internationally successful Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger chose his usual top-class ensemble partners. Irnberger has long had an intense artistic friendship with the versatile cellist David Geringas, who, like the Russian-born pianist Lilya Zilberstein, can point to a number of recordings that are as long as they are impressive. The Piano Trio No. 1 in B major op. 8 can be heard here in the revised version, which closes the time gap of almost 25 years to the other two trios (No. 2 in C major Op. 87 and No. 3 in C minor Op. 101), since the revision took place after the completion of these works and thus at the peak of Brahmsian compositional art. For the Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano in A minor Op. 114, Brahms envisaged the viola as an alternative instrumentation from the very beginning, which is mastered by Irnberger as brilliantly as the violin.

Tracklist:

Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8-I. Allegro Con Brio
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8-II. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8-III. Adagio
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8-IV. Allegro
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87-I. Allegro
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87-II. Andante Con Moto
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87-III. Scherzo. Presto - Poco Meno Presto - Presto
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87-IV. Finale. Allegro Giocoso
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101-I. Allegro Energico
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101-II. Scherzo. Presto Non Assai
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101-III. Andante Grazioso
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101-IV. Allegro Molto
Trio for Clarinet (Viola), Cello and Piano in a Minor, Op. 114-I. Allegro
Trio for Clarinet (Viola), Cello and Piano in a Minor, Op. 114-II. Adagio
Trio for Clarinet (Viola), Cello and Piano in a Minor, Op. 114-III. Andantino Grazioso
Trio for Clarinet (Viola), Cello and Piano in a Minor, Op. 114-IV. Allegro

UPC: 9003643992511
Label: Gramola
Release Date: 5.13.22
Format: CD

Brahms / Zilberstein - Piano Trios (Hybr) (2pk) (CD)