TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio Op 50 RACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque
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Composer or Director: Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Audite
Magazine Review Date: AW2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 64
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: AUDITE92 691
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Trio élégiaque |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Trio Testore |
Piano Trio |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Trio Testore |
Author: Geoffrey Norris
Trio Testore tackle the earlier of the Rachmaninov trios, cast in a single movement, with a mix of tenderness and raw emotion. It is not a masterwork; but with the sensibility that these players reveal, it comes across with touching sincerity and, for all that the piano is the dominant force, with a dramatic intensity to the string lines as well. Trio Testore’s range of expression is similarly apt to the temperament of the Tchaikovsky Trio. Although he had earlier voiced antipathy towards the piano trio medium, Tchaikovsky found an emotional and textural balance here that the Testore tap purposefully and with considerable power and impetus in the broad span of the first movement. The ebb and flow of angst is well judged and the variations of the second movement are deftly characterised, with the keen interplay of instruments creating a fabric of variegated colour that counters any misgivings Tchaikovsky might have harboured about the piano trio’s tonal potential.
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