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Here we have the eighth volume in a projected 15-volume series, History of the Russian Piano Trio, featuring The Brahms Trio. Building on the outstanding success of the project to date, the ensemble’s pianist, Natalia Rubinstein, introduces this latest programme:
‘We believe that the piano trios by Nikolai Lopatnikoff and Paul Juon presented on this album will attract the attention of new generations of performers and researchers, and that in the future the ensemble repertoire will be inconceivable without these works and they will forever become a part of the history of Russian music.’
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 8
The Russian Abroad: Berlin
LOPATNIKOFF • JUON
The Brahms TrioBerlin is the focus of this eighth volume of the History of the Russian Piano Trio, which features two Russian composers who lived in the city. Nikolai Lopatnikoff’s symphonies were premiered by Bruno Walter and Serge Koussevitzky, and he was once ranked alongside Stravinsky. Lopatnikoff’s Piano Trio in A minor is an archetypal example of Russian modernism, unparalleled in its use of allusions, tonalities and form. Paul Juon’s Suite in C major is full of elegant and vivid theatrical imagery, while his Piano Trio No. 1 in A minor employs charming stylised folk material influenced by Brahms.
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Established in 1990, The Brahms Trio is a leading Russian chamber ensemble that has regularly appeared at prestigious international concert venues, such as the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Elbphilharmonie Laeiszhalle Grand Hall, Brucknerhaus Linz and Seoul Arts Centre, as well as at festivals in Melbourne, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Paris and London. The members of the trio are all professors at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. The ensemble has made an invaluable contribution to the expansion of chamber repertoire by rediscovering unknown piano trios of Russian composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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