Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

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[The Rachmaninov Trios] share not only a sombre soundworld but a clarity of line that’s captured engagingly in these lyrical yet unsentimental performances by the Trio Wanderer…The Wanderers’... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd May 2019
Catalogue No: HMM902338
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 71 minutes

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Rachmaninoff: Elegiac Trio No. 1 in G Minor: Lento lugubre

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Rachmaninoff: Elegiac Trio No. 2 in D Minor

Work length44:51

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I. Moderato (1917 version)

Track length17:56

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II. Quasi variazione. Andante (1917 version)

Track length19:25

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III. Allegro risoluto (1917 version)

Track length7:30

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Grieg: Andante con moto in C Minor, EG 116

Work length9:10

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Suk: Elegy for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 23

Work length5:26

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Rachmaninoff's output of chamber music is small but all the more precious for that. Two absolute gems bear witness to the fact: these ‘elegiac trios’, which were produced by a young composer still indisputably under the influence of Tchaikovsky. However, Rachmaninoff’s personality is already fully present, reaching heights of emotion and expressiveness.

The pieces by Suk and Grieg add a further touch of character to the picture, which is painted with an exceptionally rich palette: the artistry of the phenomenal Trio Wanderer.

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August 2019

[The Rachmaninov Trios] share not only a sombre soundworld but a clarity of line that’s captured engagingly in these lyrical yet unsentimental performances by the Trio Wanderer…The Wanderers’ performance, a notch faster than many, has an urgency that is highly persuasive…Grieg’s dark and impassioned Andante con moto fits right in after all this, and the disc is rounded off with a sweetly understated Elegie by Suk.

August 2019

The Trio Wanderer’s new disc, centred around Rachmaninov’s youthful trios, has all the finesse and subtlety that we’ve long associated with this French ensemble. From the start, though, one thing struck me – how curiously un-Russian these pieces sound in their hands. It’s partly due to their emphasis on clarity of texture, together with a certain Classical restraint.

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