Lugansky. Capuçon. Kavakos Brahms Piano Trio No. 3

Johannes Brahms(1833 1897) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 (1886) Nikolai Lugansky, piano Gautier Capuçon, cello Leonidas Kavakos, violin, 2016 0:00 I. Allegro energico 8:00 II. Presto non assai 11:52 III. Andante grazioso 16:20 IV. Allegro molto Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 The late, great Op. 101 Piano Trio opens with restrained power and unfolds with a stately grandeur that settles into the most beautifully realised passages of warmth and serenity, Brahms at peace in the summer of 1886 on the shores of Lake Thun in Switzerland. The childlike simplicity of the slow movement is rendered as a lullaby, and the finale has punch without the application of brute force. Alan Gregory, BBC Music