Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Javier Perianes

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): F. A. E. Sonata (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann):
• 1 Brahms: F. A. E. Sonata (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): III. Scherzo 05:38
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Three Romances, Op. 94 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann):
• 2 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): I. Nicht schnell 03:33
• 3 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): II. Einfach, innig 04:06
• 4 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): III. Nicht schnell 04:27
• 5 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): I. Andante molto 03:33
• 6 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): II. Allegretto. Mit zartem Vortrage 03:19
• 7 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Tabea Zimmermann): III. Leidenschaftlich schnell 04:10
• Joseph Joachim (1831 - 1907): Hebrew Melodies for Viola and Piano, Op. 9:
• 8 Joachim: Hebrew Melodies for Viola and Piano, Op. 9: I. Sostenuto 04:40
• 9 Joachim: Hebrew Melodies for Viola and Piano, Op. 9: II. Grave 07:29
• 10 Joachim: Hebrew Melodies for Viola and Piano, Op. 9: III. Andante cantabile 06:49
• Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Version for Viola, Cello and Piano):
• 11 Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Version for Viola, Cello and Piano): I. Allegro 08:03
• 12 Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Version for Viola, Cello and Piano): II. Adagio 07:32
• 13 Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Version for Viola, Cello and Piano): III. Andantino grazioso 05:05
• 14 Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Version for Viola, Cello and Piano): IV. Allegro 04:57
• Total Runtime 01:13:21

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The empathy between Robert and Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim and Johannes Brahms engendered one of Romanticism’s most fruitful artistic friendships. With the aim of mining the precious jewels of that unique intimacy, three great artists have devised a programme in the form of a poetic conversation; here chamber music once more becomes shared human emotion in its purest expression.

Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Javier Perianes, piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

Tabea Zimmermann
born in 1966, is one of the most beloved and renowned artists of our time. As winner of the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2020, artist in residence of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, of the Berliner Philharmoniker and, in the current season, of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tabea Zimmermann is widely acknowledged for her unfailingly high standards and tireless enthusiasm for sharing her love of music with audiences. Fellow musicians and listeners alike value her charismatic personality and deep musical understanding. Her work with orchestras is also guided by the ideals of her experience as a chamber musician, where artistic integrity is paramount.

As a soloist, she regularly works with the most distinguished orchestras worldwide such as the Orchestre de Paris, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent seasons, she has created residency programmes in Weimar, Luxembourg, Hamburg, with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Museum Society and the Festival de Granada; she also enjoys a close collaboration with Ensemble Resonanz, where she was artist-in-residence for two years. Since 2022, she has been the new Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Tabea Zimmermann has inspired numerous composers to write for the viola and introduced many new works into the standard concert and chamber music repertoire. In April 1994, she gave the highly successful world premiere of the Sonata for Solo Viola by György Ligeti, a work composed especially for her. The subsequent premieres of this work in London, New York, Paris, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, and Japan attracted great critical and public acclaim. In recent seasons, Tabea Zimmermann has premiered Recicanto for Viola and Orchestra by Heinz Holliger, the viola concerto Über die Linie IV by Wolfgang Rihm, Monh by George Lentz, Notte di Pasqua by Frank Michael Beyer, a double concerto by Bruno Mantovani with Antoine Tamestit, and Filz by Enno Poppe with Ensemble Resonanz. She played the premiere of Michael Jarrell’s Viola Concerto at Festival Musica Strasbourg 2017 with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under Pascal Rophé; and subsequent performances with the Vienna Symphony under Ingo Metzmacher, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Pascal Rophé and the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin under Mario Venzago. 2020 saw her premiering Wolfgang Rihm’s Stabat Mater together with Christian Gerhaher at the Musikfest Berlin and at musica viva, the Bavarian Radio’s concert series for contemporary music; in 2022 she performed Mauricio Sotelo’s Cantes antiguos del Flamenco at the Festival de Granada.

To mark Hindemith’s anniversary in 2013, Tabea Zimmermann released a highly acclaimed recording of the composer’s complete works for viola on myrios classics. Following the success of her recording of solo works by Reger and Bach with myrios classics in 2009 – for which she received an Echo Klassik prize as Instrumentalist of the Year – she has released three albums with pianists Kirill Gerstein and Thomas Hoppe. Tabea Zimmerman’s artistry is documented on over 50 CDs for labels such as Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Teldec, and Deutsche Grammophon. A live recording of her performance on Beethoven’s own viola at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, accompanied by Hartmut Höll, was released by Ars Musici. On the Harmonia Mundi label, the Arcanto Quartet released CDs of works by Bartók, Brahms, Ravel, Dutilleux, Debussy, Schubert and Mozart. In the year 2020, she released “Cantilena” with the pianist Javier Perianes on harmonia mundi and her second solo CD with works by J.S. Bach und György Kurtág on myrios, in the year 2021, she released works by Enno Poppe with Ensemble Resonanz on wergo as well as by Michael Jarrell, Brett Dean and J.S. Bach on BIS Records.

Tabea Zimmermann’s artistic work has been recognized with numerous awards both in Germany and abroad, most recently in 2020 with the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. In addition, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, Frankfurter Musikpreis, Hessischer Kulturpreis, Rheingau Musikpreis, International Prize Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna, the Paul-Hindemith-Prize from the city of Hanau, and named Artist of the Year by the ICMA International Classical Music Awards 2017. Since 2013, Tabea Zimmermann has been a foundation board member of the Hindemith Foundation. Under her aegis as chairman of the board of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn (2013-2020), in 2020 the Beethoven-Woche Bonn culminated in an extended three-week festival featuring nearly all of the composer’s chamber music.

Tabea Zimmermann began learning the viola at the age of three and two years later began playing the piano. She studied with Ulrich Koch at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and subsequently with Sándor Végh at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Following her studies, she received several awards at international competitions, amongst them first prizes at the 1982 Geneva International Competition and the 1984 Budapest International Competition. As a result of winning the 1983 Maurice Vieux Competition in Paris, she received a viola by the contemporary maker Etienne Vatelot. Since 2019, she has been playing an instrument built for her by Patrick Robin. She regularly gave concerts together with her husband David Shallon from 1987 until his death in 2000. Tabea Zimmermann has held teaching posts at the music colleges of Saarbrücken, Frankfurt, and Berlin (Hanns Eisler). In 2023, she returned to Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. Since 2017, she additionnaly teaches at Kronberg Academy.

Javier Perianes
The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls, with the world’s foremost orchestras, working with celebrated conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Gimeno, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Simone Young and Vladimir Jurowski.

The 2025/26 season features an array of high-profile concerts, including San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and Baltimore symphony orchestras, Bamberger Symphoniker, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paolo, Orquestra Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Teatro Real and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Sydney and Tasmanian symphony orchestras. Perianes returns to Orquestra de la Comunitat Valencia to play-direct all five Beethoven Concerti, and concludes the play-direct Beethoven cycle with Galicia Symphony.

Perianes frequently appears in recitals across the globe, with performances this season at Heidelberger Frühling, Gulbenkian, Ostrava, Barcelona, Alicante, Scherzo Madrid, Bozar, Liege, Künzelsau and Sydney Opera House. He also appears at prestigious festivals such as the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, Argerich Festival, Salzburg Whitsun, La Roque d’Anthéron, Grafenegg, Prague Spring, Ravello, Stresa, San Sebastián, Santander, Granada, Vail, Blossom, Ravinia and the Canary Island Music Festival. As a natural and keen chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with violist Tabea Zimmermann. The duo will tour Germany and North America including dates at Carnegie Hall, Montreal Salle Bourgie, Princeton, Club Musical de Quebec, and Library of Congress.

Career highlights have included concerts with Wiener Philhamoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Washington’s National, Yomiuri Nippon and Danish National symphony orchestras, Oslo, London, New York, Los Angeles and Czech philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Swedish and Norwegian Radio orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Perianes exclusively records for harmonia mundi. His most recent releases feature a selection of Scarlatti’s Sonatas, Granados’ Goyescas, and Chopin’s Sonatas No.2 and No.3 interspersed with the three Mazurkas from Op.63. In 2025, Euroarts released a documentary recorded with Perianes at the Reales Alcazares in Seville, showing the special relationship between Scarlatti and Albéniz, linked to the city of Seville.

Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).

Jean-Guihen Queyras
Curiosity, variety, and a firm focus on the music itself characterize the artistic work of Jean-Guihen Queyras. Whether on stage or on record, on listening one experiences an artist dedicated wholly and ardently to the music, whose humble and unpretentious treatment of the score reflects its clear, undistorted essence.

Three key elements contribute towards a successful performance – the alignment of the inner worlds of composer, performer and audience alike: Jean-Guihen Queyras learnt this interpretative approach from none other than Pierre Boulez, with whom his artistic partnership spanned many years. This philosophy, alongside a flawless technique and a clear, decisive sound, shapes Jean-Guihen Queyras’ approach to every performance and his absolute commitment to the music itself.

This intensity comes to the fore too in his approach to historical and contemporary repertoire – visible notably in his collaborations with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. He has also given world premieres of works by, amongst others, Ivan Fedele, Gilbert Amy, Bruno Mantovani, Michael Jarrell, Johannes-Maria Staud, Thomas Larcher and Tristan Murail. Conducted by the composer, he recorded Peter Eötvös’ Cello Concerto to mark his 70th birthday in November 2014.

Jean-Guihen Queyras was a founding member of the Arcanto Quartet and performs as part of a trio with Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov; on the piano, Melnikov and a further collaborator, Alexandre Tharaud, feature too as regular duo partners. In addition, he has collaborated with zarb specialists Bijan and Keyvan Chemirani on a programme featuring music of the Mediterranean.

This versatility of his practice has led to numerous concert halls, festivals and orchestras inviting Jean-Guihen as an Artist in Residence, including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Vredenburg Utrecht, De Bijloke Ghent and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg.

Jean-Guihen Queyras often appears with renowned orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, working with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Y annick Nézet-Séguin, François-Xavier Roth, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Sir Roger Norrington.

Regarding discography, the quality of Jean-Guihen Queyras’ output is well established: His recordings of the cello concertos of Edward Elgar, Antonín Dvořák, Philippe Schoeller and Gilbert Amy were met with critical acclaim. His ‘Schumann project’, spanning three albums worth of works by the composer Robert Schumann, includes the complete piano trios recorded with collaborators Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, as well as the Schumann cello concerto alongside the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado.

In his album “THRACE – Sunday Morning Sessions” he explores, in collaboration with the Chemirani brothers and Sokratis Sinopoulos, the intersections of contemporary music, improvisation and Mediterranean musicial tradition. In addition to the first CD of the “Invisible Stream” Ensemble 2022, consisting of Jean-Guihen Queyras, Raphaël Imbert, Pierre-François Blanchard and Sonny Troupé, the recording of the cello concerti from Kraft and CPE Bach with the Ensemble Resonanz under the direction of Riccardo Minasi was released in 2024. He also released a new recording of the complete cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, 17 years after the first complete recording in 2007. Jean-Guihen Queyras records exclusively for harmonia mundi.

In the 2025/26 season, Queyras will perform under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Seguin, Dima Slobodeniouk, Andris Poga, Juraj Valcuha, Duncan Ward, Karina Canellakis, Aziz Shokhakimov, Christian Reif with renowned orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Métropolitain, the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights of the season include a tour with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Seguin and Veronika Eberle, with concerts in Prague, Luxembourg, Paris, New York and Philadelphia, as well as tours to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

Together with Alexandre Tharaud he will premiere a new double concerto by Oscar Strasnoy.

Jean-Guihen Queyras holds a professorship at the University of Music Freiburg and is Artistic Director of the “Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence” festival in Forcalquier. He plays on the “Kaiser” Stradivarius made in Cremona in 1707, kindly made available to him by Canimex Inc. of Drummondville (Quebec), Canada.

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