Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Aquinas Piano Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574391
Release: 2023
Size: 246 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Trio No. 19 in F major, Hob.XV:6
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Tempo di Menuetto
Piano Trio No. 26 in C minor, Hob.XV:13
03. I. Andante
04. II. Allegro spirituoso
Piano Trio No. 18 in G major, Hob.XV:5
05. I. Adagio non tanto
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Allegro
Piano Trio No. 20 in D major, Hob.XV:7
08. I. Andante
09. II. Andante
10. III. Allegro assai
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Hob.XV:C1
11. I. Andante
12. II. Presto
13. III. Menuet
14. IV. Finale. Allegro
As one of the most celebrated composers of the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn can lay claim to being ‘father of the piano trio’ alongside that of other genres established in his lifetime such as the symphony and the string quartet. The delightful Divertimento in C major is a youthful work, but the later piano trios recorded here take on a heightened sophistication. Strings and keyboard are given a new independence of character in exquisitely crafted works such as the C minor Trio, with its ‘numerous and sometimes spectacular modulations’, and oscillating enharmonic key changes that foreshadow Schubert can be heard in the Trio in D major.