Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Trio Testore, Franziska Pietsch, Hans-Christian Schweiker, Hyun-Jung Kim-Schweiker
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE92691
Release: 2014
Size: 602 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
02. Pezzo elegiaco. Moderato assai – Allegro giusto – Adagio con duolo – Allegro giusto
03. Tema. Andante con moto
04. Var. 1
05. Var. 2 Più mosso
06. Var. 3 Allegro moderato
07. Var. 4 L’istesso tempo. (Allegro moderato)
08. Var. 5 L’istesso tempo
09. Var. 6 Tempo di valse
10. Var. 7 Allegro moderato
11. Var. 8 Fuga. Allegro moderato
12. Var. 9 Andante flebile, ma non tanto
13. Var. 10 Tempo di Mazurka. Con brio
14. Var. 11 Moderato
15. Variazione Finale e Coda. Allegro risoluto e con fuoco – Andante con moto – Lugubre (L’istesso tempo)
After a successful release of Brahms Piano Trios, Audite present a second SACD with the Trio Testore. It sheds light on a moving concept in Russian chamber music as both Tchaikovsky‘s and Rachmaninov‘s works are conceived as dedications and memorials.
Tchaikovsky composed his only Piano Trio in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein, his mentor and friend. He paid tribute to Rubinstein’s pianistic brilliance with the work’s demanding piano part, but integrated it also into the communicative context with two equal partners: symbolically, the virtuoso receives support and stimulation from them. Rachmaninov took this two-movement work and its fundamentally elegiac character as a model when he composed his First Piano Trio. Even at the tender age of 17 he was able to mould essential elements of his style and melodic invention. The history of the dedications of the works determines their individual form and their personal, passionate message.