Brahms – Horn Trio In E Flat Major For Violin, Horn, And Piano & Sonata No.2 In A Major, For Violin And Piano - Joseph Szigeti, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, John Barrows
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Johannes Brahms - Horn Trio In E Flat Major, Op. 40 Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano & Sonata No.2 In A Major, Opus 100 For Violin And Piano
Horn – John Barrows
Piano – Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Violin – Joseph Szigeti
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Mercury
Recorded March 1959 at the Ballroom of Great Northern Hotel, New York City
Engineered by C. R. Fine
Produced by Wilma Cozart, Harold Lawrence, C. R. Fine
Photography by Bradley Smith
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in 2005
Tracks :
Side A: Horn Trio In E Flat Major, Op. 40 Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano
1. Andante
2. Scherzo (Allegro)
3. Adagio Mesto
4. Finale (Allegro Con Brio)
Side B: Sonata No.2 In A Major, Opus 100 For Violin And Piano
1. Allegro Amabile
2. Andante Tranquilio
3. Allegretto Graziosso
Reviews:
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) composed the Horn Trio in E major, Op. 40 in 1865, to commemorate the death of his mother, Christiane, earlier that year.
In the 18th and 19th century, a great many chamber-music works for winds were composed with a specific occasion in mind. Brahms’s Horn Trio, however, is an exception in that it was not especially written for a contemporary virtuoso. It is known, though, that Brahms himself played this difficult instrument fairly well, that he valued the beauty of its tone, and that he was inspired to compose the work recorded here by an inner urge.
In his performance, John Barrows concentrates upon bringing out the compositional layout of the work, which largely dispenses with a display of virtuosic fireworks. The sonorous tonal character of the horn and its range of expression - from lyrical to mournful - are shown off to great effect.
In the rapid Finale, however, Barrows pays tribute to the various playing techniques offered by this aristocratic instrument. With blaring staccatos and organ-like bass notes, he goads his fellow musicians to join him in a musical hunt, as it were, and they take up his challenge with thrilling effect.
Well-chosen to complement the carefree Horn Sonata, the B side contains a light and airy performance of the Violin Sonata No. 2 op. 100 which clearly reflects Brahms’s mature compositional style.
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.71 / 5