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Track(s) taken from SIGCD191

Sinfonia in B major, Op 8

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1854 version of the Trio for piano, violin and cello in B major, orchestrated by Joseph Swensen
composer

Malmö Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen (conductor)
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Recording details: March 2009
Studio 7 Radiohuset, Malmö, Sweden
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Mike Hatch & Dave Rowell
Release date: January 2012
Total duration: 47 minutes 44 seconds
 

Reviews

'Clear-textured orchestrations by Swensen, whose violin playing is terrific. Intriguing: the Brahms Trio's early version contains the Beethoven quote that Schumann used in his Fantasie in C' (BBC Music Magazine)

'More welcome Brahms orchestrations, adding more completely persuasive orchestral works to the composer’s existing body of music. The orchestration here by the conductor Joseph Swensen is completely in the spirit of Brahms. The Sinfonia in B is Swensen’s orchestration of the little-known original version of Brahms’ B major Piano Trio.' (CD Choice.co.uk)
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