Johannes Brahms recommended Zemlinsky's clarinet trio to his publisher Simrock, who then advised that it be marketed with a violin part instead, leading Zemlinsky to write a new violin part.
Composition History
Zemlinsky's Piano Trio Op. 3 was originally written in 1896 as a clarinet trio for a competition that required a chamber work with at least one wind instrument.
Composer Biography
Alexander Zemlinsky, a younger composer featured on this album, knew Johannes Brahms and received support from him, though he was not Brahms's formal pupil.
Album & Artwork
The Feininger Trio named themselves after Lyonel Feininger, a painter, graphic artist, and co-founder of the Bauhaus, whose Berlin studio was near the ensemble's rehearsal space.
Recording & Production
This album is part of a larger recording cycle by the Feininger Trio, which pairs each of Brahms's three piano trios with a work by another Viennese composer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Feininger Trio chose the paired composers—Alexander Zemlinsky, Ernst Krenek, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold—because they drew on Brahms's legacy while opening a new path to Modernism.
Compositional Technique
Brahms's Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101, is notable for its concision, with its first movement being the shortest introductory movement Brahms ever wrote.
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