Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Trios

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One of this set’s pleasures is that a different historical piano is chosen for every piece, allowing the listener to “taste” four instruments...If you're interested in Mendelssohn on period instruments,... — MusicWeb International, 22nd July 2013 More…

Release Date: 25th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: 94490
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 95 minutes

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

Work length27:58

$6.00

$7.80

Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin), Silvia Schweinberger (viola), Hrvoje Jugovic (piano)
Recorded: 12-15 January 2010
Recording Venue: Barocksaal, Stift Vorau, Styria, Austria

I. Molto allegro ed agitato

Track length9:26

$2.00

$2.60

II. Andante con moto tranquillo

Track length6:07

$1.00

$1.30

III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace

Track length3:50

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Track length8:35

$2.00

$2.60

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C Minor for violin, viola, and piano, MWV Q 3 (1820)

Work length14:28

$4.00

$5.20

Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin), Silvia Schweinberger (viola), Hrvoje Jugovic (piano)
Recorded: 12-15 January 2010
Recording Venue: Barocksaal, Stift Vorau, Styria, Austria

I. Allegro

Track length4:56

$1.00

$1.30

II. Scherzo

Track length1:49

$1.00

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length4:55

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Work length28:25

$7.00

$9.05

Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin), Dorothea Schonwiese (cello), Hrvoje Jugovic (piano)
Recorded: 19-22 February 2009
Recording Venue: Geinberg Hall Aigelsberg, Polling im Innkreis, Austria

I. Allegro energico e con fuoco

Track length10:43

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante espressivo

Track length6:32

$1.00

$1.30

III. Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto

Track length3:44

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro appassionato

Track length7:26

$2.00

$2.60

Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11

Work length24:32

$6.00

$7.75

Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin), Dorothea Schonwiese (cello), Hrvoje Jugovic (piano)
Recorded: 19-22 February 2009
Recording Venue: Geinberg Hall Aigelsberg, Polling im Innkreis, Austria

I. Allegro molto vivace

Track length10:28

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante espressivo

Track length5:49

$1.00

$1.30

III. Lied: Allegretto

Track length2:17

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

Track length5:58

$1.00

$1.30

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The father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn eagerly facilitated their artistic upbringing. Felix’s musical career took off from a young age and he was dubbed by Robert Schumann as ‘the Mozart of the 19th century’, while his similarly talented older sister was expected to keep music only as a hobby. This did not stop her from composing many pieces for playing in the home, some of which were later published under Felix’s name. She is considered the most important female composer of the era.

This collection brings together the Piano Trios of the siblings. Felix’s unusually scored Trio for piano, violin and viola in C minor was written when he was just ten years old; beginning with a Baroque‐style theme, its elfin motif, as featured later, is a clear precursor to the music of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op.49, which prefigures this work on the recording, dates from Felix’s mature period and boasts a spectacular piano part,

which the composer himself played at the premiere (the first movement has been referred to as a ‘perfect synthesis of the mastery of Classical form with Romantic diction’); Op.66, meanwhile, is a passionate and exciting work – his penultimate chamber piece and one that revisits elfin themes in the Scherzo, ending in a resplendent Bach‐style chorale. The last work featured on the set, Fanny’s Piano Trio contains a virtuosic piano part that begins with dramatic tremolos but later evolves into a calm, harp‐like accompaniment, with a dance‐like finale revisiting the second theme to provide a jubilant end to the collection.

At the keyboard is Hrvoje Jugović, who plays four different historical pianos throughout the recording. His fellow musicians are violinist Maria Bader‐Kubizek, cellist Dorothea Schönwiese‐Guschlbauer and violist Silvia Schweinberger.

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22nd July 2013

One of this set’s pleasures is that a different historical piano is chosen for every piece, allowing the listener to “taste” four instruments...If you're interested in Mendelssohn on period instruments, it doesn't get much better than this. If you just want the complete trios, the same advice applies.

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Trios

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