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Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

189124 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (1891) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio (sonata form), Andantino grazioso (minuet and trio) and Allegro (sonata form).

Recording: Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Sol Gabetta (cello), Dejan Lazić (piano) (2015)

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Follow all 42 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III · Minuet and trio
  4. IV · Sonata form
ISonata form0:11–7:28

, A minor. The cello opens with a slowly arching , a rising A minor arpeggio and a gentle fall. The piano adds agitation with triplet arpeggios, and scales build a first before the cello brings in 2, which falls gently in thirds. The has three sections. The begins with a and then 1, and the follows. Near the end the once-agitated scales slowly and softly.

  1. : 1
  2. :
IISonata form7:42–15:18
III Minuet and trio15:28–20:12
IVSonata form20:13–24:30

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Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodA minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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