Alexander Borodin: Piano Trio, String Sextet, Two String Trios, Serenata alla spagnola Kinsky Trio Prague & Prazak Quartet

• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887): Piano Trio in D Major (unfinished):
• 1 Borodin: Piano Trio in D Major (unfinished): I. Allegro con brio 07:08
• 2 Borodin: Piano Trio in D Major (unfinished): II. Romanze. Andante 08:22
• 3 Borodin: Piano Trio in D Major (unfinished): III. Intermezzo. Tempo di minuetto 06:37
• String Sextet in D Minor:
• 4 Borodin: String Sextet in D Minor: I. Allegro 05:33
• 5 Borodin: String Sextet in D Minor: II. Andante 02:50
• String Trio, for Two Violins and Cello in G Minor (After a Russian song "How did I grieve thee"):
• 6 Borodin: String Trio, for Two Violins and Cello in G Minor (After a Russian song "How did I grieve thee"): Andantino 06:04
• 7 Borodin: String Trio, for Two Violins and Cello in G Major: I. Allegro 08:57
• 8 Borodin: String Trio, for Two Violins and Cello in G Major: II. Andante 07:22
• Serenata alla spagnola, for String Quartet on the Theme "B-la-F":
• 9 Borodin: Serenata alla spagnola, for String Quartet on the Theme "B-la-F": Allegretto 02:11
• Total Runtime 55:04

Info for Alexander Borodin: Piano Trio, String Sextet, Two String Trios, Serenata alla spagnola

The young Kinsky Trio continues the tradition of the Czech chamber school: that of the Suk and Guarneri Trios as much as that of the famous quartets: the Vlach and Smetana yesterday, today the Zemlinsky... and Prazak. Under the leadership of Pavel Hula, of the latter, their sins of youth again reveal their spontaneity and native Russian lyricism, souvenirs of afternoons of chamber music in which Borodin, an amateur cellist, participated in Saint Petersburg and Europe.

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Kinsky Trio Prague
Founded in 1998, the Kinsky Trio Prague is one of the outstanding Czech chamber ensembles. Since 2004 the Trio has had the honour of bearing the name ‘KINSKY’ by kind permission of the aristocratic Czech family from Kostelec nad Orlicí. The Trio studied at the Academy of Music in Prague under Václav Bernášek, cellist of the Kocian Quartet, has taken part in several master classes (e.g. with the Guarneri Trio and the Florestan Trio).

The Kinsky’s international career has taken them all over Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, England, France, Lichtenstein), the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and also the Seychelles. They regularly record for Czech Radio, and their concerts have also been broadcast in Mexico and the U.S. In 2007-2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague organized its own series of chamber concerts at the Stone Bell House, an historic inn on the Old Town Square in their home city of Prague.

Since 2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague regularly record CDs for the French label Praga Digitals (distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Their recording of complete piano trios by Bohuslav Martinů has been warmly recommended by international music critics (Diapason, Gramophone, Classica, Harmonie, etc.). The other CDs include compositions by Czech composers Foerster, Novák, Janáček and Fibich, and less known Russian trios by Borodin, Rimsky Korsakov and Arensky.

Kinsky Trio Prague organizes every summer a chamber music course “Pellegrina with the Kinsky Trio & Friends” for musicians from all over the world.

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