György Ligeti's Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano was composed in 1982 as an 'Hommage à Brahms' for the city of Hamburg's celebrations of Brahms' 150th birthday.
Compositional Technique
Ligeti's Trio uses 'horn fifths' as a core motif, an oblique allusion to Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata, and explores the aesthetics of untempered natural overtones.
Compositional Technique
Brahms' Horn Trio is notable for its innovative combination of horn, violin, and piano, a new grouping that created the genre of the horn trio.
Recording & Production
This recording uses historical instruments to achieve an authentic sound, including an 1862 Bechstein piano, a 1722 Stradivarius violin, and a replica of an 1810 Halari natural horn.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Brahms preferred the natural horn over the modern valve horn for its varied tonal colors, reportedly calling the valve horn a 'brass viola'.
Composer Biography
Charles Koechlin's Quatre petites pièces were composed during his time at the Paris Conservatoire between 1897 and 1907, where he studied under Gabriel Fauré.
Performer Biography
Johannes Dengler, the horn player, has been the principal horn player of the Bavarian State Orchestra since 1993 and is a member of the 'Munich Horn Trio'.
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