Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 - Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
11/29/2024, 5 Tracks, 1:03:27
Featuring
David Haroutunian
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Sofya Melikyan
Johannes Brahms
Arnold Schoenberg
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Compositional Technique
Brahms thoroughly revised his youthful Piano Trio No.1 in 1889, shortening the first movement, altering the Adagio, and taming the finale, while largely leaving the Scherzo untouched.
Composition History
The pairing of Brahms's Piano Trio No.1 and Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht was suggested by the record label, due to Brahms's significant influence on the young Schoenberg.
Recording & Production
This album is part of a larger "Brahms Project" by the performers, following their previous recordings of Brahms's Piano Trios Nos. 2 and 3.
Interpretation
The performers initially hesitated to record Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht in a piano trio version, as they were accustomed to the original string sextet.
Composer Biography
Arnold Schoenberg, a native of Vienna, was the child of incomers from Pressburg (now Bratislava), while Johannes Brahms was from Hamburg and Eduard Steuermann was from Austria-Hungary's eastern borderlands.
Historical Context
Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg Empire, experienced an eight-fold population increase by 1900 and transformed significantly in the second half of the 19th century.
Composition History
Brahms's Piano Trio No.1 Op.8 was conceived in 1854, soon after he received the news of Robert Schumann's suicide attempt.
