Artist: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, David Geringas, Lilya Zilberstein
Title: Brahms - Piano Trios
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Gramola Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz + booklet
Total Time: 01:51:42
Total Size: 2.03 GB

Tracklist

CD1
01. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): I. Allegro con brio
02. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
03. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): III. Adagio
04. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): IV. Finale. Allegro
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 – Poco meno presto
08. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: IV. Finale. Allegro giocoso

CD2
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. Viola Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro
06. Viola Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: II. Adagio
07. Viola Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: III. Andantino grazioso
08. Viola Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: IV. Allegro

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.