Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Trio Gaspard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20270
Release: 2023
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Trio No. 35 in C Major, Hob. XV: 21, Op. 71 No. 1
01. I. Adagio pastorale
02. II. Molto andante
03. III. Finale. Presto
Piano Trio No. 33 in G Minor, Hob. XV: 19, Op. 70 No. 2
04. I. Andante – Presto
05. II. Adagio ma non troppo
06. III. Presto
Piano Trio No. 7 in G Major, Hob. XV: 41
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Menuet – Trio
09. III. Adagio
10. IV. Finale. Allegro
Piano Trio No. 21 in B-Flat Major, Hob. XV: 8, Op. 40 No. 3
11. I. Allegro moderato
12. II. Allegro moderato
Piano Trio No. 45 in E-Flat Major, Hob. XV: 29, Op. 86 No. 3
13. I. Poco Allegretto
14. II. Andantino ed innocentemente
15. III. Finale in the German Style
Described by Gramophone as ‘an album of joyous, imaginative music-making that whets the appetite for future instalments’, the first volume of Trio Gaspard’s Haydn cycle was enthusiastically received by buyers and critics alike. As in the case of that first volume, the Trio has designed a programme for the second volume that works in its own right, and features trios from all periods of Haydn’s career. Three later works (Nos 33, 35, and 45) were all composed in 1794 / 95 and contrast with the early trio No. 7, from c. 1760, whilst the trio No. 21, from the composer’s middle period, was written in 1784 / 85. As in Volume 1, Trio Gaspard chooses to end the programme with another contemporary work reflective of the programme – in this instance For Gaspard by the cellist-composer Leonid Gorokhov. The first of the two movements (a common structure in Haydn’s trios), ‘Hidden D’ (a play on the popular reference to the ‘Haydn D’ major Cello Concerto) reworks numerous themes from that piece, among many others!