One of the longest-standing piano trios in existence, and one of the very few that still maintains its original members, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio has been hard at work for the last several years with Koch International Classics (now E1 Music) laying down a complete cycle of both the Beethoven and Brahms piano trios. The present installment is Vol. 2 of the complete Brahms trios. The two-disc Vol. 1 has the trios in B and C major, the clarinet trio, and the horn trio. What, then, could fill two full discs in Vol. ...
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One of the longest-standing piano trios in existence, and one of the very few that still maintains its original members, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio has been hard at work for the last several years with Koch International Classics (now E1 Music) laying down a complete cycle of both the Beethoven and Brahms piano trios. The present installment is Vol. 2 of the complete Brahms trios. The two-disc Vol. 1 has the trios in B and C major, the clarinet trio, and the horn trio. What, then, could fill two full discs in Vol. 2 apart from the obvious Trio in C minor? To answer this, the KLR Trio turns to Theodor Kirchner -- a contemporary and compatriot of Brahms -- and his transcriptions of the two youthful string sextets for piano trio. The KLR Trio's playing of the C minor Trio is on par with performances in Vol. 1: keen insights into the score, confident, powerful playing, brilliant pacing, and sensitive use of dynamics. Intonation is generally solid though not perfect. The same high level of...
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