Ensemble Tris - Josef Labor: Clarinet Trio, Cello Sonata No. 2

A total of around eighty compositions of Joseph Labor have survived. Among them are practically no occasional works, which is connected to the fact that he was blind: for him composition was a luxury, insofar as he had to rely on the help of a scribe who had to commit the work to paper. Labor�s music is very skillfully composed, always sensuous, and first and foremost melodious; it does not require a too complete concentration on itself. In Vienna, Labor was part of Johannes Brahms�s close circle of friends. This is already the third release with this sensitive Chamber Music of an mostly forgotten composer.