Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg, Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Trio Vivente, Kateryna Kasper
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555367-2
Release: 2022
Size: 293 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Shostakovich: 7 Romances on Poems, Op. 127
01. No. 1, Lied der Ophelia
02. No. 2, Gamajun, der Prophetenvogel
03. No. 3, Wir waren zusammen
04. No. 4, Die Stadt schläft
05. No. 5, Sturm
06. No. 6, Geheimnisvolle Zeichen
07. No. 7, Musik
08. Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13 (Arr. A. Oratovski for Soprano, Violin, Cello & Piano)
09. No. 1, Einleitung
10. No. 2, Brejtele
11. No. 3, Viglid
12. No. 4, Der jeger
13. No. 5, Ojfn grinem bergele
14. No. 6, Der Jesojmes brivele
15. No. 7, Schluss
Weinberg: Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op. 24 (1945)
16. I. Prelude & Aria. Larghetto
17. II. Toccata. Allegro
18. III. Poem. Moderato
19. IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Long before the founding of the Trio Vivente, Anne Katharina Schreiber, the trio’s violinist, heard a radio broadcast about Shostakovich’s Romance Suite and the circumstances of its premiere. She was so deeply moved that she later absolutely wanted to incorporate the Suite into the Trio Vivente’s repertoire. However, the search for the right Russian-language female vocalist long remained without success – until she met the singer Kateryna Kasper.
While studying Weinberg’s Trio, she discovered just how closely the two composers had worked together. It thus seemed only natural to combine their works, and since Weinberg’s Jewish Songs also exist in a version for soprano and trio, a perfect circle was formed. This is how this recording featuring trios and songs by these two expressionistic composers came about – and it is filled with expressive power!