Faust/Stirling/Hewitt | Classical review

Wigmore Hall, LondonI've never met anyone who has heard Brahms' Horn Trio and not loved it. In many ways it is a quirky piece: the first movement follows a rather archaic scheme associated with baroque church music, and the seldom-revisited combination of instruments is fraught with problems. But Brahms managed to get everything just right, balancing the ­mixture of fluid melancholy and bucolic delight with exquisite skill. A good performance leaves one with the kind of all-encompassing satis...

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