Brahms: Horn Trio Op. 40, Violin Sonata Op. 78, Fantasies Op. 116

Brahms was especially fond of the sound of the natural horn, which he saw as teh embodiment of Romantic lyicism. Although the valve horn had begun to replace it in the early 19th century, it was for the older instrument, the Waldhorn, that he wrote his Trio op. 40, today still the summit of the repertoire for its unusual forces. Here three young musicians have attempted to reconstruct the trio's original sound as precisely as possible.