Orion Weiss, the pianist on this album, has received several awards, including the Classical Recording Foundation's Young Artist of the Year and an Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Performer Biography
Alexander Kerr, the violinist on this album, was appointed concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam at the age of 26 in 1996.
Composition History
Brahms's Horn Trio was written to express his grief for the loss of his mother, Christina, who died earlier that year.
Performer Biography
David Cooper, the horn player on this album, held the solo horn position of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2017-18 and became principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2019.
Composer Biography
Johannes Brahms learned the natural horn, cello, and piano as a child from his father, Johann Jakob Brahms, who played the horn professionally.
Composition History
The combination of horn, violin, and piano was rarely used before Johannes Brahms introduced the horn trio with certainty in 1865.
Composition History
Lennox Berkeley's Horn Trio was commissioned by pianist Colin Horsley, who had previously enjoyed playing the Brahms Trio with horn player Dennis Brain.
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