Johannes Brahms -Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op.101

 

 

Johannes Brahms

(1833∼1897)

 

 

Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op.101

 Josef Suk Violin
Janos Starker Violoncello
Julius Katchen Piano                     

                   

 

The Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101, by Johannes Brahms is scored for piano, violin and cello, and was written in the summer of 1886 while Brahms was on vacation in Hofstetten, Switzerland. It was premiered on 20 December of that year by Brahms, violinist Jenő Hubay, and cellist David Popper.^[1]

The trio is in four movements:

1. Allegro energico
2. Presto non assai
3. Andante grazioso
4. Allegro molto

Alexander Kobrin, piano
Roman Mintz, violin
Boris Andrianov, cello
Recorded in concert at the Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow Conservatory
27 February 2005