Tchaikovsky, Schnittke & Babajanian: Works for Piano Trio Vadim Gluzman, Johannes Moser & Yevgeny Sudbin

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117:
• 1 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: I. Pezzo elegiaco 17:47
• 2 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: II. Tema. Andante con moto 01:02
• 3 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIa. Var. 1 00:55
• 4 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIb. Var. 2, Più mosso 00:35
• 5 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIc. Var. 3, Allegro moderato 00:58
• 6 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IId. Var. 4, L'istesso tempo 01:14
• 7 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIe. Var. 5, L'istesso tempo 00:44
• 8 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIf. Var. 6, Tempo di valse 02:27
• 9 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIg. Var. 7, Allegro moderato 01:20
• 10 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIh. Var. 8, Fuga. Allegro moderato 02:30
• 11 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIi. Var. 9, Andante flebile, ma non tanto 03:11
• 12 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIj. Var. 10, Tempo di mazurka. Con brio 01:51
• 13 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIk. Var. 11, Moderato 02:15
• 14 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: IIl. Var. 12 - Coda 11:11
• Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor:
• 15 Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: I. Largo - Allegro espressivo 08:37
• 16 Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: II. Andante 06:54
• 17 Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: III. Allegro vivace 05:48
• Life with an Idiot:
• 18 Life with an Idiot: Tango (Arr. Y. Sudbin for Piano Trio) 02:21
• Total Runtime 01:11:40

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In Russian chamber music, a rather special tradition evolved around the piano trio, with a number of composers turning to the genre to write ‘instrumental requiems’. First out was Tchaikovskywith his Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50, ‘à la mémoired’un grand artiste’, and he was followed by composers such as Rachmaninov, Arenskyand Shostakovich. In the case of Tchaikovsky’s trio, the ‘grand artiste’ was the pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, and Tchaikovsky chose the trio genre as he felt that a piece for solo piano would be too lightweight and one with orchestral accompaniment would be too showy. The work is in two movements, a Pezzoelegiaco(‘elegiac piece’) and a set of variations, and it begins with the cello playing a moving lament which sets the tone for the entire first movement. The theme returns at the end of the second movement in the form of an impassioned funeral march.

Seventy years later, when the Armenian composer and pianist Arno Babajanian(1921—83) wrote his Piano Trio in F sharp minor, he didn’t give it any subtitle, but there’s a grandeur and breadth of scale which rivals Tchaikovsky’s work –and the second movement is thoroughly elegiac in character. The trio is Babajanian’sbest-known work, composed in the Romantic style of Rachmaninov, but also rooted in Armenian folk music, melodically as well as rhythmically. Performing the two works are Vadim Gluzmanand Yevgeny Sudbin, both with Russian roots, joined by cellist Johannes Moser, and the three close the disc with Sudbin’sarrangement of a brief Tangoby Alfred Schnittke.

"Dazzling violin, sensual cello, dynamic piano – the piano trio is one of the most delightful chamber music combinations."

Vadim Gluzman, violin
Johannes Moser, cello
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

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