Lugansky . Capuçon . Kavakos - Brahms Piano Trio No. 2

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)  Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 (1880-1882) Nikolai Lugansky, piano Gautier Capuçon, cello Leonidas Kavakos, violin, 2016 [0:00] I. Allegro [9:50] II. Andante con moto [18:12] III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio 19:29 - Presto 21:13 [22:42] IV. Finale. Allegro giocoso Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 3 “Much of the C-major Trio’s character is revealed in the opening bars of its first movement, in which the violin and cello, without the piano, state the broad, sweeping theme together in octaves. The piano, when it enters, almost immediately begins playing a figure that accents every other beat of the triple meter, which means that while the violin and cello are playing in three, the piano is playing in two. Both events are indications of what is to come. Throughout the Trio, the two string instruments tend to form one unit, playing similar material in octaves, thirds, or six