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Review trio mats shostakovicy.
The schnittke trio 1991 is an arrangement made after the composer had recovered from a serious stroke of his string trio of 1985.
Mats lidström composer author.
It is written very much in the style of shostakovich s music but is if anything even grimmer and more pessimistic than that latter s 0p.
An intimate crystal clear recording helps project the music honestly without histrionics or over sentimentalisation.
Trio wanderer s colleagues in shostakovich s piano quintet are regular collaborators and together they produce a model of good chamber music playing that enthrals from the very start.
That is his temper his polemics his manner of speech his habit of returning to one and the same thought developing it the speaker here is the sister of ivan sollertinsky speaking of the portrait of her brother in the second movement of shostakovich s piano trio no 2 it is a furiously paced movement glee and madness mixed together in equal parts a hodgepodge of themes thrown.
Newly formed french trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty musicians.
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Shostakovich arensky mendelssohn the strad issue.
David fanning it is becoming ever more routine to couple both shostakovich piano trios together and with the half hour viola sonata and a star pianist involved throughout this new disc is certainly eye catching.
Piano trio no 1 in c minor op 8.