BRAHMS - PIANO TRIO No.1, Op.8 SONATENSATZ, PIANO TRIO No.3, Op.101 - GUARNERI TRIO PRAGUE

The ‘Nordic’ mood and youthful ardour of Opus 8, preserved intact even in its final revision, are summed up in Opus 101, a brief, dense work of near-orchestral power in the opening energico, whimsical ballade on its second-movement Presto, whilst in the Andante grazioso, violin and cello in duo sketch out what will be the almost-contemporary next work, the Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102. The finale seems both prolix and teeming, of rhythmic freedom, illustrating the imaginative world of the Hanseatic youth of the composer of Ein deutsches Requiem.

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