Composer: Vladimir Dyck, Constantin von Sternberg, Sergey Youferov
Performer: Brahms Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2021
Size: 693 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Dyck: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 25
01. I. Largo molto sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso
03 .III. Andante sostenuto
04. IV. Allegro con brio
Sternberg: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, Op. 104
05. I. Allegro con spirito
06. II. Tema con variazioni. Andante
07. III. Rondo. Allegro con umore
Youferov: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 52
08. I. Moderato – Allegro
09. II. Adagio
10. III. Allegro
This album concludes The Brahms Trio’s five-volume survey of the piano trio in Russia with remarkable works by composers whose names have all but disappeared from the musical world’s collective memory. Vladimir Dyck, a student of Widor at the Paris Conservatoire, took French nationality in 1910 but his life came to a tragic end when he and his family were arrested in 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. His Piano Trio, Op. 25 contrasts Russian soulfulness with the lightness and deft scoring he brought to his film compositions. Constantin von Sternberg’s genial Op. 104 reflects his career as a virtuoso pianist, while Sergey Youferov’s expansive and nostalgic Op. 52 is a farewell to the Russian ‘Silver Age’, a world about to be destroyed by revolution.