Mozart - Piano Trios Volume 2

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Mozart - Piano Trios Volume 2

Awards:

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - June 2007

Label:

Hyperion

Catalogue No:

CDA67609

Discs:

1

Release date:

30th April 2007

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0034571176093

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CD

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Mozart - Piano Trios Volume 2


Mozart:

Divertimento (Piano Trio) in B flat, K254

Piano Trio No. 1 in G major, K496

Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K548


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Gramophone Magazine

June 2007

“At the start of K548’s airy finale, Susan Tomes’ gracefully demure piano is swiftly countered by Anthony Marwood’s raffish forte riposte: and this sense of delighted, quick-witted dialogue between quasi-operatic protagonists runs through the whole movement, abetted by touches of sly, subtle timing, from Marwood especially. No performance of this piece has ever made me smile as much … Talk of an outright winner is always dangerous. For my taste, though, the Florestan’s sparkling, inventive performances, on this disc and its companion, make them a top recommendation for the complete Mozart trios, their claims enhanced by the warm, ideally balanced recording”

Classic FM Magazine

“The Florestan Trio get it exactly right, with Susan Tomes’ exquisite pianisim perfectly supported by violinist Anthony Marwood’s lithe, highly articulate playing and cellist Richard Lester’s finely judged asides. Another winner from this wonderful ensemble”

BBC Music Magazine

“These are certainly performances to be treasured, with the playing unfailingly stylish and full of imaginative touches … Their new recording can be unreservedly recommended”

Gramophone Classical Music Guide

2010

“So much of Mozart's instrumental music is opera by other means. The Florestan understand this as well as any group, and better than most. At the start of K548's airy finale, Susan Tomes's gracefully demure piano is swiftly countered by Anthony Marwood's raffish forte riposte: and this sense of delighted, quick-witted dialogue between quasi-operatic protagonists runs through the whole movement, abetted by touches of sly, subtle timing, from Marwood especially. No performance of this piece brings such a smile to the face.
The Florestan have the knack of bringing alive even apparently neutral figuration, of sensing the possibilities of interplay in what may look like a simple theme-plus-accompaniment texture.
Piano and violin dominate in these works, especially in the breezy early Divertimento, K254. But Richard Lester's warm, nutty timbre contributes crucially to the music's colour, here and elsewhere, while he takes his chances when Mozart gives the cello an equal voice in the texture: say, in the first-movement development of K496, where the Florestan typically conjure a vivid operatic imbroglio.
As usual, the Florestan choose flowing speeds in the slow movements, which may initially faze those who know the music from the revered Beaux Arts versions. In in the 6/8 Andante of K496 the Florestan show that a graceful dance lilt, even a hint of skittishness, need not preclude an eloquent response to Mozart's extraordinary remote modulations.
Talk of an outright winner is always dangerous, butthe Florestan's sparkling, inventive performances make them a top recommendation for the complete Mozart trios, their claims enhanced by the warm, ideally balanced recording.”

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