J. Brahms, Trio opus 8, by Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos and Gautier Capuçon

This work was composed in 1853-54 and revised in 1891. It therefore has both the energy of youth and the balance of maturity.
As for the interpretation, one only has to listen to the first bars played by Yuja: it is impossible to be more expressive and more sober, more tender and more exact at the same time. It will be the same throughout the work. Of course, Yuja is well surrounded, but she really leads the art of chamber music at its peak.

1er mvmt : 00:22
2e mvmt : 15:12
3e mvmt : 21:53
4e mvmt : 30:47

[glaub]

So viel Innigkeit und Spritzigkeit habe ich Brahms gar nicht zugetraut.
Die drei Musiker bringen sie wundervoll zur Geltung.
Bravo!

[lynnmariaminervini]

My favorite Brahms trio! Wonderful to find it played by these extraordinary musicians!

[Don-James]

Wonderful. Thanks for posting the score as well; reading along for a bit, then closing one's eyes and only listening...

[carolethompson]

I love this piece. All Brahms all the time, especially his chamber works.

[hiobaname]

Thousands are the recording of this heavenly trio, but to me this is the best hereto, both as the playing and as the sound quality.Thanks

[lemenyves]

One of the best ensemble of its kind ever!

[jackarcher]

I have the classic Katchen-Suk-Starker recording on Decca-London, and have long thought it hard to beat, both in performance and sound quality. A desert-island disk for me. But my gosh, this is so beauitfully and senstively played by Wang, Capucon and Kavakos. Thank you very much for posting. I am loving it.

[deannahowe]

Holy cow, such an unbelievably beautiful and inspiring recording! I've always loved Yuja, Gautier, and Leonidas as individual performers, but as a trio, they are top-notch! Thank-you for this wonderful rendition.

[bernardpoulin]

Gautier Capuçon a l'air de tant souffrir, de supporter toute la misère du monde, que je le croyais mort .
Il supporte déjà sa femme .. . .

[walkercatenaccio]

E&F, you are doing a huge service to the world of music. I love chamber music even more than symphonic, since the harmonies are easier to hear in depth, so this performance is altogether my cup of tea.

[semrabahcivan]

Wonderful performance thanks to all of you.

[mlckfip]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful performance.

[waggishsagacity]

In this Piano Trio Brahms was letting his hair down (for a short moment) and fully accepting his Romantic leanings. Fortunately for us, of course. I'm willing to bet that the first revision he'd made in 1891 (at age 58) was to dispense with the rigid titles (allegro, andante etc.) and give a number to each movement. The three musicians played expressively, energetically, masterfully, and as a strong ensemble. This type of approach made their performance memorable and pleasurable.
I only wish that the person who couldn't help applauding after the 1st and 3rd movement would stay at home more often or learn to hold his impatient applause until the end of the piece.

[khai-jernchia]

Where do you source these video recordings?

[henrithellier]

...Beaucoup trop de resonnances...de reverbérations !!