Complete Piano Trios (Dover Chamber Music Scores)

Marc Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1926. (Samtliche Werke / Johannes Brahms; Bd. 9) With new English translations of the editorial commentary."

Biographical Note:
German-born composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97), an important figure of the Romantic era, spent most of his career at the forefront of the Viennese musical scene. A master of counterpoint, he wrote for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras, and voice.

Table of Contents:
Editor's Commentary
"Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello in B Major, Op. 8, Original Version (1854)"
Allegro con moto
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio non troppo
Finale: Allegro molto agitato
"Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello in B Major, Op. 8, Revised Version (1891)"
Allegro con brio
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio
Allegro
"Trio No. 2 for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C Major, Op. 87"
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Presto
Finale: Allegro giocoso
"Trio No. 3 for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C Minor, Op. 101"
Allegro energico
Presto non assai
Andante grazioso
Allegro molto
"Trio for Piano, Violin, and Natural Horn [Waldhorn] (or Cello or Viola) in E-flat Major, Op. 40"
Andante
Scherzo: Allegro
Adagio mesto
Finale: Allegro con brio
"Trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Viola), and Cello in A Minor, Op. 114"
Allegro
Adagio
Andante grazioso
Allegro


Publisher Marketing:
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 8 (both versions)

Publisher Marketing:

Brahms's twenty-four chamber works include a number of the most acclaimed masterpieces in the repertoire, and his piano trios -- including the famous Horn and Clarinet Trios -- are among the most admired, performed, and recorded of all. This edition, reprinted from the definitive one prepared by Hans Gál for Breitkopf & Härtel, presents all five of these brilliant works in an inexpensive yet fine-quality volume.
Included are the B Major, C Major, and C Minor Trios (Opp. 8, 87, and 101) for violin, cello, and piano; the E-flat Major Trio (Op. 40) for violin, horn (or cello or viola), and piano; and the A Minor Trio (Op. 114) for clarinet (or viola), cello, and piano.
Designed to afford both amateur and professional musicians a lifetime of pleasurable study, this fine, carefully made edition will also provide music lovers of every level of accomplishment the opportunity to follow a live or recorded performance, score in hand: an ideal way to savor the special riches of these superb musical masterworks.