Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: David Geringas, Lilya Zilberstein, Thomas Albertus Irnberger
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Gramola
Catalogue: 99251
Release: 2022
Size: 3.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version)
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Finale. Allegro
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante con moto
07. III. Scherzo. Presto – Poco meno presto
08. IV. Finale. Allegro giocoso
CD 02
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
01. I. Allegro energico
02. II. Presto non assai
03. III. Andante grazioso
04. IV. Allegro molto
Viola Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Andantino grazioso
08. 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