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▓████▓▌ 01. I Allegro Con Brio 15:02 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. II Scherzo (Allegro Molto) 06:50 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. III Adagio 09:38 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. IV Allegro 06:49 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. I Allegro 10:06 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. II Andante Con Moto 08:53 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. III Scherzo (Presto) 04:40 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. IV Finale (Allegro Giocoso) 06:01 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 01. I Allegro Energico 07:34 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. II Presto Non Assai 04:02 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. III Andante Grazioso 04:45 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. IV Allegro Molto 06:10 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ What is it about the music of Johannes Brahms that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ so often elicits sighs and tears? Wherein lie the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ roots of his almost magical ability to create ▓▌
▓████▓▌ simple progressions of notes that strike such ▓▌
▓████▓▌ universal chords within us? ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Such questions arose upon revisiting BrahmsÆ early ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8. Paired with the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ two other Brahms Trios for violin, cello & piano, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the works have just been recorded anew by the trio ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of Renaud & Gautier Capucon and Nicholas Angelich ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and issued by EMIÆs Virgin Classics in a two for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the price of one set. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ As soon as the opening theme of BrahmsÆ early piano ▓▌
▓████▓▌ trio of 1854 reached my ears, I could do nothing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ more than sit still and capitulate. Even in his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ youth, the man was filled with such longing, such a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ need for love, that his later ôautumnalö works seem ▓▌
▓████▓▌ but a natural outgrowth of a youthful temperament ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that so frequently weeps amidst joy. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Gray bearded and wizened at the end of his 64 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ years, Brahms began composing and playing the piano ▓▌
▓████▓▌ as a child. At 13, he turned to playing in taverns ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and brothels to earn money. Some biographers ▓▌
▓████▓▌ suggest the experience forever soured the handsome ▓▌
▓████▓▌ young man to the idea of marriage. Whatever the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ real story, Brahms eventually relinquished hopes of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ uniting with another in sustained physical ▓▌
▓████▓▌ relationship. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Instead, he chose to channel the bulk of his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ passion into composition. Brahms was only 20 when ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in 1853 he met the great composer Robert Schumann ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and RobertÆs ôchild brideö Clara. Robert became his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ great champion, Clara his great love. Although some ▓▌
▓████▓▌ suggest otherwise, it is commonly believed that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ even after Robert descended into the incapacitating ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mental illness that led to his death in 1856, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Brahms expressed his love for Clara solely through ▓▌
▓████▓▌ friendship and musical inspiration. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Despite occasional breaks in their friendship, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Clara Schumann (a pianist and composer in her own ▓▌
▓████▓▌ rite) remained BrahmsÆ life-long supporter and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ confidante. To her he dedicated one of his many ▓▌
▓████▓▌ expressions of melancholic, unconsummated love, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ slow movement of his revised Op. 25 Piano Quartet. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ When Brahms sent the music to her, he wrote that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ she would understand its meaning like no other ▓▌
▓████▓▌ listener. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Brahms often consulted Clara, rewriting music ▓▌
▓████▓▌ according to her preferences. An exception occurred ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in 1880, when he simultaneously began work on two ▓▌
▓████▓▌ piano trios. After completing the opening movement ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of each, he showed them to Clara. Despite her ▓▌
▓████▓▌ preference for what might have become the Piano ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Trio in E flat major, he destroyed it. Two years ▓▌
▓████▓▌ later, he returned to the other movement, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ completing the Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87 in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 1882. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Destroying a single movement was hardly an isolated ▓▌
▓████▓▌ occurrence. Brahms completely destroyed many of his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ chamber works before publication. That only 24 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ chamber works eventually saw the light of day is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ testament to the manÆs perfectionism. Indeed, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ besides those 24, the great Requiem, four ▓▌
▓████▓▌ symphonies, two piano concertos, one violin ▓▌
▓████▓▌ concerto, one double concerto, and a number of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ works for solo piano, the bulk of BrahmsÆ writing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ consisted of songs. Many are infrequently performed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ because of their unrelenting darkness of tone. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ BrahmsÆ piano trios may not be jolly, but they are ▓▌
▓████▓▌ consistently accessible, deeply moving, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ beautiful beyond words. The Piano Trio in C minor, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Op. 101, completed before the revised Op. 8 heard ▓▌
▓████▓▌ on this recording was published in 1889, is the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ shortest and most intense of the three. The C minor ▓▌
▓████▓▌ begins with great force, its themes hurled at us ▓▌
▓████▓▌ with orchestral-like power. Despite the beauty of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ its slow movement, it is the vigor of its emphatic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ finale that remains with us after the work ▓▌
▓████▓▌ concludes. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Touched by their rendition of the opening Allegro ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of the B major, I initially held much hope for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ VirginÆs new offering from violinist Renaud ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Capucon, his cellist brother Gautier, and pianist ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Nicholas Angelich. In addition to being terminally ▓▌
▓████▓▌ cute, Gautier and Renaud have already given us ▓▌
▓████▓▌ several superb recordings. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The young trio approaches Brahms in an undeniably ▓▌
▓████▓▌ modern manner. No grand tugs on the heart, no ▓▌
▓████▓▌ churning ebb and flow or dramatic chiaroscuro; ▓▌
▓████▓▌ rather, relatively even, judiciously paced playing. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Emotional expression seems more a consequence of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tempo choice, consistently the slowest of the three ▓▌
▓████▓▌ versions of the trios I auditioned than of deep ▓▌
▓████▓▌ deliberation. Some may prefer this ôlet the music ▓▌
▓████▓▌ do the talkingö approach to that encountered on the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ faster paced, far more emphatic classic recordings ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by the Beaux Arts Trio or the very different but ▓▌
▓████▓▌ equally nuanced 1997 versions by the Florestan ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Trio. But to these ears, les deux Capucons et ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Angelich touch neither heart nor heaven. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Take the intense C minor trio. Critic Donald ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Francis Tovey described its marvelous second ▓▌
▓████▓▌ movement scherzo as one that ôhurries by, like a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ frightened child.ö The Florestans indeed scamper ▓▌
▓████▓▌ along, their sprightly touch lending the music a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ haunted quality. The Beaux Arts do the same, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ writingÆs mystery heightened by a strikingly ▓▌
▓████▓▌ beautiful interplay between violin and cello. No ▓▌
▓████▓▌ such detail from the cuties. Pianist Angelich ▓▌
▓████▓▌ doesnÆt seem to get it at all; rarely does he offer ▓▌
▓████▓▌ noteworthy softening or rhythmic crispness. Perhaps ▓▌
▓████▓▌ as a result, the brothers play equally understated, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ failing to make a distinct impression. Most of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ BrahmsÆ instrumental dialogue, so much a reflection ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of his emotional state, passes unnoticed by these ▓▌
▓████▓▌ players. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Les Capucons et Angelich certainly remain ▓▌
▓████▓▌ consistent in their approach. In the C majorÆs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ andante, the piano line fails to rise, fall and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sigh as it should. (The contrast between AngelichÆs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ straightforward playing and that of the Beaux ArtsÆ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fabled Menahim Pressler reveals that only Pressler ▓▌
▓████▓▌ catches the heart; his intensity of line sets the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ stage for much beautiful interplay between the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ string players). Rather than upstage their reticent ▓▌
▓████▓▌ pianist, the Virgin Capucons seem content to rein ▓▌
▓████▓▌ themselves in, rarely striking out on their own or ▓▌
▓████▓▌ drawing attention to their playing. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ In the B majorÆs opening Allegro, the new kids on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the block offer a lovely, even blend, albeit marred ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by frequent borderline astringency from violinist ▓▌
▓████▓▌ RenaudÆs Stradivarius. But once we hear the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ heart-warming treatment by the Florestans, or the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ dramatic, even intentionally gritty tugs from Beaux ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Arts cellist Bernard Greenhouse in a rendition that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ emphasizes struggle over resignation, les Capucons ▓▌
▓████▓▌ et Angelich sound more like a warm up act than the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ real thing. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The VirginsÆ lukewarm approach is reinforced by ▓▌
▓████▓▌ relatively flat, undistinguished instrumental tone. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The richness of the FlorestansÆ Susan TomesÆ piano, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the sweetness of Anthony MarwoodÆs violin, and the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ overall warmth and energetic charge of their blend ▓▌
▓████▓▌ seems far more in keeping with BrahmsÆ intent than ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the uniform, slightly acidic sound of les Capucons ▓▌
▓████▓▌ et Angelich. Surely Brahms had more than tea and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ toast in mind when he composed these master works. ▓▌
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