Brahms, Korngold: Piano Trios

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Violinist Christoph Streuli, cellist David Riniker and pianist Adrian Oetiker bring some very Berliner Philharmoniker values to their chamber music playing: beauty of tone is paramount, and there... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: AVI8553513
Label: Avi Music
Length: 59 minutes

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Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87

Work length28:11

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Christoph Streuli (violin), David Riniker (cello), Adrian Oetiker (piano)
Feininger Trio
Recorded: 2020-06
Recording Venue: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin

I. Allegro

Track length9:32

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II. Andante con moto

Track length7:52

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III. Scherzo (Presto — Poco meno presto)

Track length4:37

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IV. Finale (Allegro giocoso)

Track length6:10

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Korngold: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 1

Work length31:22

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Christoph Streuli (violin), David Riniker (cello), Adrian Oetiker (piano)
Feininger Trio
Recorded: 2020-12
Recording Venue: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin

I. Allegro non troppo, con espressione

Track length10:53

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II. Scherzo (Allegro)

Track length6:54

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III. Larghetto

Track length6:07

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IV. Finale (Allegro molto e energico)

Track length7:28

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This is the fifth album from the Feininger Trio, members of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. This is volume two of three albums to come and shows the relationship between Brahms and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

In its recording cycle, the Feininger Trio is pairing each of the three piano trios written by Brahmswith a work by another Viennese composer: Alexander Zemlinsky, Ernst Krenek, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, respectively. Brahms's three piano trios are among the genre's crowning achievements, and the members of the Feininger Trio were interested in exploring how the piano trio genre developed in the master's wake.

Younger composers drew on Brahms's legacy while opening a new window to Modernism and the 20th century, and that was the main criterion in choosing the three pairings. Biographical similarities among Korngold, Krenek, and Zemlinsky in their early years also played a major role in the Feininger Trio's selection. Despite major stylistic differences, a red thread in their the three composers' lives connects them all with Brahms.

The Feininger Trio have been able to craft a unity out of a work such as this one, which sounds so unusual at first, thanks to the fact that the three musicians already know one another quite well. Nevertheless, in their playing, you can still hear how astonished they are in the face of this staggering accomplishment achieved by a twelve-year-old boy. (Excerpt of the booklet notes after Volker Michael)

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Christmas Issue 2022

Violinist Christoph Streuli, cellist David Riniker and pianist Adrian Oetiker bring some very Berliner Philharmoniker values to their chamber music playing: beauty of tone is paramount, and there is excellent observation of detail with a refreshing lack of the mannerisms, exaggerations or shoutiness that some other ensembles have been resorting to.

May/June 2023

The Brahms C-Major Trio here is simply exemplary. The first movement is played at a relaxed tempo, but is suitably passionate; the superb variation movement is especially effective. The performance of the third and fourth movements holds no surprises, but is spot-on throughout.

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