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(L-R) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, César Cui, Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov · Cui · Borodin
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DISCOVER
(L-R) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, César Cui, Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s influence as composer and teacher was profound in Russia and beyond, yet his chamber music has been overshadowed by his operas and orchestral works. The unfinished Piano Trio in C minor was completed by his son-in-law Maximilian Steinberg to reveal a substantial work of considerable depth. César Cui’s charming and lyrical Farniente is an arrangement from a piano original, while Borodin’s Piano Trio in D major is reminiscent of Mendelssohn in its joyous agility and nostalgic beauty.
Listen to an excerpt from
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Piano Trio in C minor: I. Allegro