The intimate Brahms Brahms almost completely rewrote his Trio op.8 thirty-five 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 nineteen 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.
JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897] Piano Trio no.1 op.8 (original version, 1854) Si majeur / B major / H-Dur · I. Allegro con moto (17'43) · II. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. Più lento (6'28) · III. Adagio ma non troppo (8'06) · IV. Allegro molto agitato (9'20) Piano Quartet no.3 op.60 ut mineur / C minor / c-Moll · I. Allegro non troppo (10'05) · II. Scherzo. Allegro (4'05) · III. Andante (8'02) · IV. Finale. Allegro comodo (10'01)
