Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 Munich Piano Trio And Friends

• Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
• 1 I. Allegro energico 07:23
• 2 II. Presto non assai 03:22
• 3 III. Andante grazioso 04:29
• 4 IV. Allegro molto 06:02
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
• 5 I. Allegro energico 13:06
• 6 II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo - Trio: Animato 07:46
• 7 III. Andante con moto - Animato 09:21
• 8 IV. Rondo alla zingarese: Presto - Meno presto - Molto presto 08:37
• Total Runtime 01:00:06

Info for Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

The admirers of the large-scale chamber works of Johannes Brahms include not only Clara Schumann ('ingenious through and through'), but also the Munich Piano Trio. The high-ranking formation, now for the second time, shows its admiration for the North German-Viennese master with a GENUIN album – their sixth production altogether for the Leipzig label. Together with violist Tilo Widenmeyer, who is much sought-after as a chamber musician, the Munich Piano Trio presents the Second Piano Quartet as well as the great Trio in C minor, Op. 101. Power meets sonic sensitivity, concertante grandeur is coupled with intimate moments. 'Grace and poetry', as Clara often said...

Munich Piano Trio:
Michael Arlt, violin
Gerhard Zank, violoncello
Donald Sulzen, piano

Tilo Widenmeyer, viola

Münchner Klaviertrio - Ensemble
Founded in 1982, the Münchner Klaviertrio (Munich Piano Trio) is one of the most active and sought-after German chamber music ensembles. The musicians have undertaken lengthy concert tours throughout Europe, North America, Russia, Japan, China and a few African countries. The Trio has given concerts in the world’s most famous venues, including Berlin’s Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall, New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall, Munich’s Cuvilliés Theater, Hercules Hall and Prince Regent’s Theater, Tokyo’s Suntory and Casals Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Festival engagements have included the Munich Opera Festival, the Orlando Festival and the European Chamber Music Festival in Strasbourg. Collaborative performances with renowned German critic and author Joachim Kaiser also play a major role in the Trio’s concert activity. The Münchner Klaviertrio has become a welcome guest worldwide with its exceptional programming. Repertoire includes the masterpieces of the trio literature, as well as less frequently performed Romantic and modern works, including new compositions written especially for the ensemble. Fono Forum praises the “precision and homogeneity of its ensemble,” and the Süddeutsche Zeitung admires the Trio’s “well balanced agogic, fervent depiction of the musical lines, refreshingly lively phrasing” as well as its “outstanding, harmonious blending of accompanied and solo passages.” Global master classes, frequent performances on radio and television, and more than 30 CDs round off the activities of the Münchner Klaviertrio.

Tilo Widenmeyer - Viola
Tilo Widenmeyer was born 1966 in Heilbronn, Germany. At the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart he studied viola with Madeline Prager and chamber music with the Melos Quartet. In this time he took part in numerous master classes, including Kim Kashkashian, Wolfram Christ, Barbara Westphal, Bruno Giuranna, Valery Gradow and Leonard Hokanson. In 1991 he received a scholarship from Villa Musica (Mainz). Since 1994 he is a member of the Munich State Opera and very much in demand as a chamber musician, especially in piano quartet ensembles.

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