Brahms: Piano Trio in B major Op. 8b - Allegro con brio

[SebastienLoong]

It's a fantastic perfoProxy-Connection: keep-alive

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ance, and really does Brahms justice :) It really portrays not only him as a composer, but as a character and a temperament.

A Firery, passionate, l

[areallyokaycat]

Bravo!!! Thank you! Our trio is tackling this piece this semester, you've given us some invaluable ideas!

[malolita09]

Beautiful performance

[CharlesCLeary]

A beautiful performance - I have been listening to this for hours but this particular rendition has brightened my day.

[PhilipWChiu]

Thanks Charles - it sure is great music, isn't it?

[PhysiqueQuantique]

The string players are perfectly together (3:30 - 3:45)! It's astonishing, the level of cooperation in that section (not to say that the piano isn't completely there), it's like listening to one single instrument. Very very well done!

[yellowyellowrose]

well done!

8:10 - you change the colour beautifully!

[PhilipWChiu]

Thank you! It's definitely one of my favorite moments in that piece...

[CasanovasHanging]

Excellent rendition of one of my favourite piece of music. All the better for the passionate playing. This cheered me up a lot, well done.

[joesullins]

I love this piece and I think there are some really lovely moments. I would however suggest using the short-stick on the piano for a better blending of sound. Also, some experimentation with the pedal to ensure that the cello doesn't get lost in the mix, esp in the lower registers. The sound should be full and round, yet still clear and unified.

[charliejeanbird]

There is really no need for people to criticize. It is a live performance! Overall i think it is well done and the pianist is bloody amazing. This piece is hard - it's Brahms! I love the way you guys change dynamics at around 6mins 20, and when it comes to that beautiful theme its just gorgeous.

[pots1001]

fantastic, well done - you really captured the 'con brio' spirit!

[howlingmadhowie]

i think the recaptiulation is really good. about 6:45. the strength of the agitation in the piano adds a lot of flavour to this moment, particularly when leaning into the c-sharp minor chord there. yeah you did get a bit carried away, but the others didn't get carried away enough and this isn't a piece where you should play it safe.

[MatthewJohnIgnacio]

Five Star!

[polarise91]

sometimes the piani is too loud and certain cords are too draggy. but i like the speed, unlike beaux arts trio who always paly too fast, hate them

[Flyingbuck]

Fantastic! Regarding the speed - I didn't find it too fast at all. In fact, It needs to be like that to capture the essence of the piece. Congratulations!

[moniconz]

Complimenti! Siete veramente grandi, bravi!

Congratulations, you are really good! And young!

Ciao!

[PBogiman]

ONLY I CAN SAY : BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO. . . .especially pianist

[pyroprince78]

You seem to understand most the "con brio" aspect of the movement. This is the work of a very young Brahms. In spite of the dreamy effervescence of some moments, it is somehow formatively passionate. Certainly it is not a mini piano concerto, but it is also not late Brahms. Your intentions were felt and appreciated! BTW, your elbows are remarkably fluid. Did you work on gyrotonics?

[PhilipWChiu]

Thanks for your eloquent comment. You are very right on all counts - except for the final - gyrotonics would be something I'm almost entirely unfamiliar with. I suppose the fluid elbow is mainly a positive effect of my teacher's... teachings.

[pyroprince78]

Interesting... who is your teacher? VERY few teachers go into detail about the anatomy. Counterintuitive, no? But it's true.

[PhilipWChiu]

You are very right - few teachers ever talk about anatomy. Efficient and effective use of the body would be just one of the core parts of his teaching - Marc Durand is his name.

[sawyer10j]

it IS "late Brahms". getta know the piece boy

[PhilipWChiu]

Constructive.

[spdraper12]

it depends on which edition of the piece is being performed as to whether it is early or late brahms. he initially wrote the piece when he was about 20 then editited much later on in life. so it could be either, i'm not sure which edition is being played here

[PhilipWChiu]

The later version - I don't know that anybody plays the earlier much anymore. Brahms revised it for a very good reason.

[spdraper12]

i think that both versions are brilliant. i have heard both and i think the earlier version in more wild and perhaps fiery. i think both versions are cool tho

[dnephi]

It is not late Brahms any more than the Liszt's 1851 (S139) Etudes are early works. A revision of an earlier work does not constitute an entirely new work.

Brahms himself said that it was cleaner, but not necessarily better.

[PhilipWChiu]

I think I'll have to politely disagree. Op. 8b wasn't revised until 35 years after its initial appearance, having written it first as a 20-year old... undoubtedly he was a very different man by that point. As well, we're not talking about simple cosmetic changes: a 1/3 of it was chopped off, and only the Scherzo was left unaltered (basically). Only the main themes from the three other movements were kept, while most of the other material was re-imagined and tightened.

[PhilipWChiu]

To paraphrase what I read somewhere: It has the heart of a young Brahms, but the hands and mind of a much later Brahms.

[clydecrunchy]

gooooooooooooooooooooooooodddd­ddd

especially 4:45

[megan8290]

amazing.....i love it

[Moegiust]

It's well worth hearing, and thank you for posting it - but do you guys always take this movement this fast?

[PhilipWChiu]

Well, always? I guess we did play it this fast for the four days we learned and rehearsed it... we haven't exactly had a history with it ;) The movement is marked Allegro con brio - so I can't imagine we would done it differently now.

[slicejl152]

oo i know matt :D nice to see him on youtube. nice playing, guys

[alberto831892]

the violin and the cello sound low in comparison with the piano, but this is a wonderful recording of a wonderful trio of a great composer.

P.S: Sorry about the translation.I don't speak English very well

[PhilipWChiu]

Alberto - no need to apologize. Thank you for translating. And yes, thank you for pointing out, I was the culprit in the balance. I got terribly over-excited (you'd think I'd never played chamber music before...) and just played WAY too loud sometimes. But I'm glad you enjoy it nonetheless.

[ghostpianist]

high quality performance :)

[alberto831892]

el piano tapa el algunos momentos a la cuerda, pero por lo demás es una fantástica grabación de un fantástico trío.

[PhilipWChiu]

Thanks for the comment. Could you possibly translate that into English... I'm not quite fluent in Spanish yet.

[bridgetchang]

yay! a cellist that's expressive and uses lots and lots of VIBRATO!! The communication between all the instruments is so good therefore the blending sounds awesome! wow. great playing!