Three French Piano Trios

Such flair proves The Florestan Trio, if proof is needed, to be among the finest chamber ensembles of the present day. Outstandingly imaginative performances, finely recorded — Classic CD More…

Release Date: 27th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: CDA30029
Label: Hyperion
Series: 30th Anniversary

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Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

2. Andantino

3. Allegro Vivo

Debussy: Piano Trio in G major

1. Andantino Con Moto Allegro

2. Scherzo

3. Andante Espressivo

4. Finale

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

1. Modéré

2. Pantoum

3. Passacaille

4. Finale

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Favourites, Maurice Ravel

James picks some recordings of the music of French composer, Maurice Ravel.

The three trios on this disc are the work of, respectively, a teenager, a nearly-forty-year-old and a seventy-seven-year-old. So it's understandable not only that the difference in musical language is even greater than the composers' names might suggest, but that each may be heard as having a different significance within its composer's oeuvre. To modern ears the Debussy trio appears to be nothing like the mature Debussy we know, but more like Delibes. Although maybe no more than salon music, it gives immediate pleasure If this Trio shows us a young composer in search of his technique, Ravel's trio shows us a middle-aged one exulting in his. A wonderfully written piano trio which in the hands of The Florestan Trio shows a work of true magic. Likewise the Faurea trio written at the end of his life and showing the profound and austere characteristics of his last works.

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Such flair proves The Florestan Trio, if proof is needed, to be among the finest chamber ensembles of the present day. Outstandingly imaginative performances, finely recorded

A delightful grouping of French trios from the Gramophone Award-winning Florestans, who breathe fresh life into these works … top of my list

Three French Piano Trios

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Favourites, Maurice Ravel

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