Piano Trio No. 1 (Brahms)
The Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8, by Johannes Brahms was composed during 1854. The composer produced a revised version of the work in 1889. It is scored for piano, violin and cello, and it is the only work of Brahms to exist today in two published versions, although it is almost always the revised version that we hear performed today. It is also among the large multi-movement works to begin in a major key and end in the tonic minor; another being Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony.
The trio is in four movements:
- Allegro con brio
- Scherzo
- Adagio
- Allegro
Read more about Piano Trio No. 1 (Brahms): First Movement, Second Movement, Third Movement, Fourth Movement
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