Tchaikovsky & Arensky: Piano Trios

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The pianist, Vincent Coq, is both brilliant and sensitive, taking great trouble over balance with the strings while dazzling the ear with his lightly scintillating virtuosity in the more sparkling... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2014 More…

Release Date: 28th Oct 2013
Catalogue No: HMC902161
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 71 minutes

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

Work length29:33

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I. Allegro moderato

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II. Scherzo: Allegro molto

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III. Elegia. Adagio

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IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo

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

Work length41:58

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I. Pezzo elegiaco. Moderato assai

Track length17:41

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II A. Tema con Variazioni. Andante con moto

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Var. I

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Var. II. Più mosso

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Var. III. Allegro moderato

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Var. IV. L'istesso tempo

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Var. V. L'istesso tempo

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Var. VI. Tempo di Valse

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Var. VII. Allegro moderato

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Var. VIII. Fuga. Allegro moderato

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Var. IX. Andante flebile ma non tanto

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Var. X. Tempo di Mazurka

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Var. XI. Moderato

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II B. Variazione Finale e Coda. Allegro risoluto e con fuoco - Andante con moto

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Tchaikovsky’s celebrated large-scale Trio Op.50 sets the tone of this recording, at once elegiac and virtuosic. Dedicated to his friend Nikolay Rubinstein with the French epigraph ‘À la mémoire d'un grand artiste’, it shows great originality both in its dimensions and in its style, which calls for highly skilled performers. A similarly ambitious work is the Trio Op.32 of Anton Stepanovich Arensky, also dedicated to the memory of a musician, the cellist Karl Davidov (1838-89). This gem of chamber music, much less often played, constitutes the true discovery of the programme. The Trio Wanderer celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012. Feted by the international press for its extraordinarily sensitive playing, its almost telepathic complicity, and its complete instrumental mastery, the Trio Wanderer is one of the finest chamber music formations in the world today. Dubbed ‘Wandering Star’ by The Strad magazine, it is invited to appear in the most prestigious concert series and at the leading festivals. Since 1999 the trio have recorded for harmonia mundi: 13 recordings have appeared so far, repeatedly winning awards from the critics (Choc de l’Année in Le Monde de la Musique, Critics’ Choice in Gramophone, CD des Monats in Fono Forum, CD of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Midem Classical Award). The group’s recent interpretation of the Mendelssohn trios was chosen as the benchmark version by the New York Times.

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February 2014

The pianist, Vincent Coq, is both brilliant and sensitive, taking great trouble over balance with the strings while dazzling the ear with his lightly scintillating virtuosity in the more sparkling variation movements.

February 2014

The Trio Wanderer has already given us the most powerful recording of the Shostakovich Second Trio that i’ve ever heard. Now, about a decade later, it provides accounts of the other two great Russian Piano Trios, with equally distinguished results ... a first-rate recording.

6th February 2015

Accomplished and intensely compelling, these performances are as smart as a whip.

February 2014

The Wanderer Trio performs these works with all the Romantic expression they deserve, tempered with admirable musical intelligence. Arensky’s Trio sets off with dash and a good dollop of rubato, very much a feature throughout...This is a superb disc, beautifully recorded.

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