Youth and maturity

Johannes Brahms's Trio in B major, Op. 8, is both the composer's earliest and latest piano trio. It exists in two completely different versions, from 1854 and 1889, although today the later version is generally considered "Opus 8." Brahms completed the original version of the trio in January 1854, three months after his first meeting with Robert Schumann in Düsseldorf and under the influence of the developing artistic friendship with his mentor. ...