Vienna Piano Trio - Complete Piano Trios Vol. 1 Trio Op. 8 & Op.87

Some compositions are so good that we wish we could have two of the same. The early Piano Trio in B major op. 8 by Johannes Brahms is one such work and one of music history�s greatest cases of good fortune: it has been transmitted in two versions. As we know, the overly self-critical Brahms otherwise completely destroyed all the early versions, sketches, and drafts of his works.The Vienna Piano Trio�s new Brahms edition in superior Super Audio sound on MDG opens with the late version of this work from the composer�s youth and then confronts it with hismature op. 87. The late version captivates the listener with a clearly concentrated design distinguishing it from theromantic and stormy first version.