| 1. Tracklist |
| 2. 01. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: Allegro |
| 3. 02. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: Andante con moto |
| 4. 03. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: Scherzo: Presto |
| 5. 04. Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: Finale: Allegro giocoso |
| 6. 01. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: Allegro energico |
| 7. 02. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: Presto non assai |
| 8. 03. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: Andante grazioso |
| 9. 04. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: Allegro molto |
| 10. 05. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Allegro con brio |
| 11. 06. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Scherzo: Allegro molto |
| 12. 07. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Adagio |
| 13. 08. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: Finale: Allegro |
| 14. World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his long-time collaborator, pianist , are joined by violinist Leonidas Ka-vakos in their first recording together of all three of the piano trios of Johannes Brahms. Ma and Ax have built together a distinguished catalogue of Brahms recordings, but this is their first recording of the Piano Trios and their first collabo-ration with Kavakos. Of the three Brahms Piano Trios - Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8; Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; and Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 – the Second and Third Trios were written and first performed in quick succession , both exam-ples of Brahms at his creative zenith. The same can be said of the First Trio: originally completed when he was twenty, in 1854, and premiered the following year, Brahms thoroughly rethought and revised it in a new version premiered early in 1890. That more elegant and concentrated version of a youthful work has become the standard for the First Trio, and it is the version performed on the recording by Ma, Ax and Kavakos. All three performers have been acclaimed for their interpretations of Brahms, as soloists and as colleagues. Between them, Ma and Ax have shared four Grammy Awards® for their recordings of Brahms’s chamber music |
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