The History of the Russian Piano Trio
Part 1. The Empire Era.
Recorded for NAXOS at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 2017-2018
Sound Engineer & Editor: Mikhail Spassky
CD 1 ‘A BEGINNING’
Cat. No.: 8.574112
Released in November 2020
Alexander Alyabiev (1787–1851)
Piano Trio in E-flat major (1815)
1. Allegro moderato
Piano Trio in A minor (1834)
2. Allegro ma non troppo
3. Adagio
4. Rondo. Allegretto
Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
Piano Trio in D minor “Pathétique” (1832)
5. Allegro moderato
6. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
7. Largo
8. Allegro con spirito
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
Piano Trio Op. 15 #2 in G minor (1851), Second Edition
9. Moderato
10. Adagio
11. Allegro assai
12. Moderato
Total time: 01:16:01
Kristeligt Dagblad, March 2021
Classica, September 2021
Politiken, October 2021
CD 2 ‘THE RUBINSTEIN EPOCH. CONSERVATORY’
Cat. No.: 8.574113
Released in January 2021
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Piano Trio Op. 50 in A minor, ‘To the Memory of a Great Artist’ (1881)
1. I. Pezzo elegiaco
2. II. A)Tema con variazioni B) Variazione finale e Coda.
Paul Pabst (1854–1897)
Piano Trio in A major, ‘To the Memory of Anton Rubinstein’ (1895)
3. Allegro con brio
4. "Intermezzo". Tempo di Menuetto
5. "Reverie elegiaque". Andante molto cantabile
6. Finale. Allegro moderato – Quasi marcia funebra
Total time: 01:13:35
CD 3 ‘THE BALAKIREV CIRCLE’
Cat. No.: 8.574114
Released in March 2021
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Piano Trio in C minor (1897)
1. Allegro
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Finale. Adagio–Allegro assai–Presto
Cesar Cui (1835–1918)
‘À Argenteau. Farniente’ Op. 40 #2 in D major (1895)
5. Allegretto
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
Piano Trio in D major (1860)
6. Allegro con brio
7. Romance. Andante
8. Intermezzo. Tempo di minuetto
Total time: 01:08:59
CD 4 ‘AT THE TURN OF EPOCH’
Cat. No.: 8.574115
Released in May 2021
Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
Piano Trio Op. 32 in D minor. ‘To the Memory of Karl Davydov’ (1894)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo. Allegro molto
3. Elegia. Adagio
4. Finale. Allegro non troppo
Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915) Piano Trio Op. 22 in D major. ‘Dedicated to Alexander Gretchaninov’ (1906)
5. Allegro
6. Allegro molto – Tema con variazioni – Tempo del commincio
7. Andante espressivo
8. Finale. Allegro con brio
Total time: 01:08:59
CD 5 ‘RUSSIA ABROAD. LATE PREMIÈRES’
Cat. No.: 8.574116
Released in July 2021
Vladimir Dyck (1882–1943) Piano Trio Op. 25 in C minor. ‘Dedicated to Maître Antoine Taudou’ (1910)
1. Largo molto sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo
2. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso
3. Andante sostenuto
4. Allegro con brio
Konstantin von Sternberg (1852–1924) Piano Trio Op. 104 in C major (1912)
5. Allegro con spirito
6. Tema con variazioni. Andante
7. Rondo. Allegro con umore
Sergei Youferov (1865–1927) Piano Trio Op. 52 in C minor. ‘Dedicated to Joseph Kratina’ (1911)
8. Moderato – Allegro
9. Adagio
10. Allegro
Total time: 01:17:53