Brahms: Piano Trios (Arranged From String Sextets)
7/1/2000, 8 Tracks, 1:17:52
Featuring
Federico Guglielmo
Pietro Bosna
Jolanda Violante
Trio Stradivari
Johannes Brahms
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Interpretation
The few small differences from Brahms's original works (notes and legatos) in Kirchner's transcriptions have been retained in this recording.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Johannes Brahms himself considered the instrumental configuration of his works to be modifiable, as shown by his Piano Quintet Op. 34, which started as a string quintet and was later arranged as a sonata for two pianos.
Composer Biography
Theodor Kirchner, the transcriber of these trios, was an acknowledged composer whom Robert Schumann identified as an emerging talent.
Critical Reception
Brahms expressed great pleasure with Kirchner's trio arrangements, writing to his publisher, "The Trios give me extraordinary pleasure! If it was your idea, then I must congratulate you, but Kirchner has done a remarkable job."
Instruments
Federico Guglielmo and Pietro Bosna of Trio Stradivari often play two prestigious Stradivari instruments, including the "Milanollo" violin once owned by Paganini.
Composer Biography
Brahms and Kirchner met at the Music Festival of the lower Rhine in 1856 and maintained a friendship and mutual respect.
Composition History
The Piano Trios on this album are arrangements of Johannes Brahms's String Sextets, Op. 18 and Op. 36, by his friend Theodor Kirchner.
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