Johannes Brahms: Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 (Barry Tuckwell, Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy)
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Instrumentation: natural French horn, violin and piano. Rejecting the modern valved horn in favour of the mellow, hunting timbre of the natural Waldhorn, Brahms composed this poignant trio following the death of his mother. Barry Tuckwell's warm, rounded horn tone blends miraculously with Itzhak Perlman's singing violin and Vladimir Ashkenazy's delicate pianism, especially in the elegiac Adagio mesto.