Composer: Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Busch Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1002
Release: 2023
Size: 1.71 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
01. I. Modéré
02. II. Pantoum. Assez vif
03. III. Passacaille. Très large
04. IV. Final. Animé
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
05. I. Andante. Moderato
06. II. Allegro con brio
07. III. Largo
08. IV. Allegretto – Adagio
Ravel composed his Piano Trio M67 just before enlisting voluntarily in the First World War. Inspired by the Basque country and its zortziko dance, the Trio ends with a sombre, almost anguished fourth movement. A mood inspired by the impending war? In his Piano Trio No.2, op.67, Shostakovich too is affected by the horrors of war and the death of a close friend. For the first time in the Russian composer’s output, we hear a Jewish theme, a danse macabre echoing the terrible events of the time. Another point in common between the two works is that both include a passacaglia. For the Busch Trio, it was self-evident that these two heart-rending works should be brought together on the same album.