Brahms: Trios Nos. 1-3 for Piano, Violin & Cello Geoffroy Couteau, Amaury Coeytaux, Raphaël Perraud & Nicolas Baldeyrou

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8:
• 1 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio 15:09
• 2 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 06:21
• 3 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: III. Adagio 09:06
• 4 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: IV. Adagio 06:41
• Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101:
• 5 Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: I. Allegro energico 07:19
• 6 Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: II. Presto non assai 03:24
• 7 Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: III. Andante gracioso 04:37
• 8 Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: IV. Allegro molto 05:21
• Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87:
• 9 Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87: I. Allegro 09:20
• 10 Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87: II. Andante con moto 08:16
• 11 Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87: III. Scherzo. Presto 04:29
• 12 Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87: IV. Finale. Allegro giocoso 06:02
• Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87:
• 13 Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro alla breve 07:10
• 14 Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114: II. Adagio 06:40
• 15 Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114: III. Andantino grazioso 04:14
• 16 Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114: IV. Finale. Allegro 04:12
• Total Runtime 01:48:21

Info for Brahms: Trios Nos. 1-3 for Piano, Violin & Cello

Amaury Coeytaux, Raphaël Perraud und Geoffroy Couteau leuchten wie helle Sterne am Himmel der französischen klassischen Musik. Sie verstehen sich ohne Worte, sowohl musikalisch als auch menschlich, und ehren den bedeutendsten Universal-Musiker der Romantik: Johannes Brahms. Ihre Aufnahme der Klaviertrios wird ergänzt um das Klarinettentrio, jenem Spätwerk, zu dem sich Brahms durch den Klarinettisten Richard Mühlfeld hinreißen ließ, und das neben seinem Klarinettenquintett zu den größten Kammermusikwerken der Musikgeschichte zählt. Ein weiterer französischer »Stern« unserer Tage, Nicolas Baldeyrou, übernimmt hier die Rolle des Klarinettisten.

Geoffroy Couteau, Klavier
Nicolas Baldeyrou, Klarinette
Amaury Coeytaux, Violine
Raphaël Perraud, Violoncello

Geoffroy Couteau is a profound and sincere artist. He has been acclaimed repeatedly for his dense, rich playing, his wholeheartedness, and his risk-taking. For him, performance is the fulfillment of musical work, the fruition of a rich and complex process. It is assuredly the reason for this unique mode of expression and this unusual presence. He was awarded first prize in the International Johannes Brahms competition in 2005. His first recording, of Brahms’s final works, earned him a number of honors: “ffff” from Telerama, 4 stars from Le Monde de la Musique, 5 tuning forks, etc. Since its release, he has been playing in prestigious venues such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, The National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay, the Maison de la Radio, the Théâtre de l’Athénée, the Théâtre Mogador, the Salle Gaveau, The Amphitheater at the Bastille Opera House, etc. He was guest soloist with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in Thailand for Chopin’s First Concerto, and he has been invited to play in various festivals such as the “Piano aux Jacobins” Festival in Toulouse, the Chopin Festival in Bagatelle, the Chopin Festival in Nohant, the Lilles Piano Festival, the New Soloist Festival at the Serres d’Auteuil, the Epau Festival, the “French May” in Hong-Kong, etc. He is a frequent guest on several radio programs on France Musique, and on television programs like Mezzo and Direct 8. He was unanimously accepted to begin a course of studies at the Higher National Music Conservatory in Paris in the class of Michel Béroff, Denis Pascal, and Eric Le Sage. In 2002, he received the conservatory’s diploma of advanced formation with highest honors, fist in his class by a unanimous vote, and with the special Daniel Magne award. That same year he began the advanced proficiency course in piano under the direction of Michel Béroff, Marie-Françoise Bucquet, and Nicholas Angelich. He also studied chamber music with Jean Mouillère and Christian Ivaldi, and was awarded highest honors. He has participated in a number of master classes from renowned musicians such as Dmitri Bashkirov, Christoph Eschenbach, and Leon Fleisher. He has, moreover, been awarded grants from the Cziffra Foundation, the Concertante Foundation, the Mécénat Musical Société Générale, the Série Déclic– Culture France, and the Nadia et Lili Boulanger Foundation.