Ensemble(s): Brahms Trio
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.574116
Barcode: 747313411672
Release Date: 07/2021

Piano Trios (Russian) - DYCK, V. / STERNBERG, C.von / YOUFEROV, S. (History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5) (Brahms Trio)

This album concludes The Brahms Trio’s five-volume survey of the piano trio in Russia with remarkable works by composers whose names have all but disappeared from the musical world’s collective memory. Vladimir Dyck, a student of Widor at the Paris Conservatoire, took French nationality in 1910 but his life came to a tragic end when he and his family were arrested in 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. His Piano Trio, Op. 25 contrasts Russian soulfulness with the lightness and deft scoring he brought to his film compositions. Constantin von Sternberg’s genial Op. 104 reflects his career as a virtuoso pianist, while Sergey Youferov’s expansive and nostalgic Op. 52 is a farewell to the Russian ‘Silver Age’, a world about to be destroyed by revolution.

Tracklist

Dyck, Vladimir
Brahms Trio (Ensemble)
1 I. Largo molto sostenuto - Allegro ma non troppo 09:51
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2 II. Scherzo: Allegretto grazioso 06:29
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3 III. Andante sostenuto 06:26
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4 IV. Allegro con brio 08:33
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Sternberg, Constantin Ivanovich von
Brahms Trio (Ensemble)
5 I. Allegro con spirito 04:53
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6 II. Tema con variazioni: Andante 05:56
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7 III. Rondo: Allegro con umore 03:01
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Youferov, Sergey
Brahms Trio (Ensemble)
8 I. Moderato - Allegro 13:15
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9 II. Adagio 08:42
Brahms Trio (Ensemble)
10 III. Allegro 10:04
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Total Playing Time: 01:17:10