Composer: Alexander Goldenweiser, Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Michael Schäfer, Ilona Then-Bergh, Wen-Sinn Yang
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Genuin
Release: 2016
Size: 2.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
01. I. Pezzo elegiaco. Adagio con duolo e ben sostenuto
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, IIa. Tema con variazioni
02. Tema. Andante con moto
03. Var. 1, —
04. Var. 2, Più mosso
05. Var. 3, Allegro moderato
06. Var. 4, L’istesso tempo
07. Var. 5, L’istesso tempo
08. Var. 6, Tempo di valse
09. Var. 7, Allegro moderato
10. Var. 8, Fuga. Allegro moderato
11. Var. 9, Andante flebile, ma non tanto
12. Var. 10, Tempo di mazurka
13. Var. 11, Moderato
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
14. IIb. Variazione finale e coda. Allegro risoluto e con fuoco
CD 02
Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
I. Moderato
01. Allegro vivace
II. Quasi variazione
02. Var. 1, Andante
03. Var. 2, Allegro moderato
04. Var. 3, Lento
05. Var. 4, Vivace
06. Var. 5, Moderato
07. Var. 6, Allegro scherzando
08. Var. 7, Allegro vivace
09. Var. 8, Andante
10. Var. 9, Moderato
11. III. Allegro risoluto
Goldenweiser: Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 31
12. Elegia. Moderato
13. Theme. Andante
14. Var. 1, L’istesso tempo
15. Var. 2, Moderato
16. Var. 3, Molto tranquillo allegretto
17. Var. 4, Con moto. Scherzando
18. Var. 5, Molto sostenuto – Con moto
19. Var. 6, Con moto – Molto tranquillo
20. Var. 7, Adagio
21. Var. 8, Alla marcia. Maestoso
22. Coda. Andante – Molto tranquillo
In memoriam of a great artist – the three piano trios by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Goldenweiser all share this subtitle. And now three great instrumentalists have joined together, presenting a new GENUIN recording of these landmarks of the repertoire. Michael Schäfer, Ilona Then-Bergh, and Wen-Sinn Yang are no longer unfamiliar names with the Leipzig label, thrilling listeners with new discoveries and rediscoveries that have been broadening the chamber music and solo repertoire and filling in gaps. This time around, it’s a combination of sumptuous Romantic trio literature, played as always with perfect mutual understanding and sensitivity.