Russian Piano Trios

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Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: 94712
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'

Work length55:50

Album only

Moscow Trio
Recorded: January 1992
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Pezzo elegiaco

Track length22:40

Album only

II A. Tema con variazioni: Tema: Andante con moto

Track length20:24

Album only

II B. Variazione Finale e Coda

Track length12:46

$3.00

$3.85

Glinka: Trio Pathetique

Work length15:58

$4.00

$5.20

Moscow Trio
Recorded: January 1992
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Allegro moderato

Track length5:16

$1.00

$1.30

II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo

Track length3:31

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo

Track length5:01

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro con spirito

Track length2:10

$1.00

$1.30

Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

Work length32:59

$6.00

$7.75

Moscow Trio
Recorded: July 1990
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Allegro moderato

Track length13:25

$3.00

$3.85

II. Scherzo

Track length6:09

$1.00

$1.30

III. Elegia

Track length6:47

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale

Track length6:38

$1.00

$1.30

Taneyev, S: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 22

Work length42:29

$10.00

$12.85

Moscow Trio
Recorded: July 1990
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Allegro

Track length12:14

$3.00

$3.85

II. Allegro molto

Track length12:22

$3.00

$3.85

III. Andante espressivo

Track length6:36

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

Track length11:17

$3.00

$3.85

Rimsky Korsakov: Piano Trio in C minor

Work length45:00

$11.00

$14.20

Moscow Trio
Recorded: July 1990
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Allegro

Track length15:25

$4.00

$5.15

II. Scherzo

Track length4:41

$1.00

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length9:24

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Finale: Adagio-Allegro

Track length15:30

$4.00

$5.15

Borodin: Piano Trio in D major

Work length21:59

$5.00

$6.50

Moscow Trio
Recorded: July 1990
Recording Venue: Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:19

$1.00

$1.30

II. Romance: Andante

Track length7:45

$2.00

$2.60

III. Intermezzo: Tempo di minuetto

Track length7:55

$2.00

$2.60

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This 3‐disc collection showcases Russian piano trios from the mid‐nineteenth to early‐twentieth centuries. Piano trios were unheard of for Russian composers until Mikhail Glinka wrote one in 1832; it earned the epithet ‘Pathétique’ as it seemed to be a reflection of Glinka’s general sadness at the time of writing, the piece alternating between caustic tension and attempts at light‐hearted optimism.

A mournful, melancholic influence then became characteristic of the Russian piano trio: Tchaikovsky unknowingly created a tradition when he composed his offering in 1882 – one of his greatest chamber works and which he dedicated to his recently deceased and much‐missed friend Nikolay Rubinstein. On several subsequent occasions, piano trios were written as memorials. The collection also includes the mathematically‐governed trio of Sergey Taneyev, who had gained a reputation as a cerebral composer, and the trio of Rimsky‐ Korsakov, whose mastery of opera and vocal writing can be seen in the final movement as each instrument takes on its own ‘voice’ and emotion – thus resembling an interaction between characters. Alexander Borodin used the Classical model for his trio, although it contains surprising chromaticism as well as dramatic changes of temperament, including the tragic hymn in the second movement. Anton Arensky’s take on the genre completes the collection. The Moscow Piano Trio was formed in 1976 and has achieved huge success in international competitions, notably winning the Maurice Ravel Gold Medal at the Bordeaux ‘Mai Musical’. The trio is comprised of pianist Alexander Bonduriansky, violinist Vladimir Ivanov and cellist Mikhail Utkin.

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