A la memoire d'un grand artiste: Piano Trios by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff & Goldenweiser Michael Schäfer

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, I. Pezzo elegiaco
• 1Adagio con duolo e ben sostenuto - Moderato assai - Allegro giusto18:53
• Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, IIa. Tema con variazioni
• 2Tema: Andante con moto01:10
• 3Variazione 100:56
• 4Variazione 2: Piu mosso00:39
• 5Variazione 3: Allegro moderato00:53
• 6Variazione 4: Listesso tempo01:06
• 7Variazione 5: Listesso tempo00:45
• 8Variazione 6: Tempo di Valse02:39
• 9Variazione 7: Allegro moderato01:35
• 10Variazione 8: Fuga. Allegro moderato02:28
• 11Variazione 9: Andante flebile, ma non tanto03:12
• 12Variazione 10: Tempo di Mazurka01:48
• 13Variazione 11: Moderato02:23
• Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: IIb. Variazione Finale e Coda
• 14Allegro risoluto e con fuoco - Andante con moto - Lugubre11:31
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9, I. Moderato
• 15Allegro vivace22:00
• Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9, II. Quasi variazione
• 16Andante01:43
• 17Allegro moderato01:52
• 18Lento02:17
• 19Vivace01:39
• 20Moderato I02:09
• 21Allegro scherzando01:40
• 22Allegro vivace01:24
• 23Andante02:46
• 24Moderato II04:21
• Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9
• 25III. Allegro risoluto07:43
• Alexander Goldenweiser (1875-1961): Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 31
• 26Elegia: Moderato14:50
• 27Theme: Andante00:53
• 28Variation 1: Listesso tempo00:49
• 29Variation 2: Moderato00:59
• 30Variation 3: Molto tranquillo - Allegretto01:11
• 31Variation 4: Con moto: Scherzando00:58
• 32Variation 5: Molto sostenuto - Con moto03:11
• 33Variation 6: Con moto - molto tranquillo00:58
• 34Variation 7: Adagio01:47
• 35Variation 8: Alla marcia: Maestoso02:09
• 36Coda: Andante - Molto tranquillo04:56
• Total Runtime02:12:13

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À la memoire d’un grand artiste – all of the piano trios recorded here share this subtitle. The dedications also serve as connecting links between the three works: Rachmaninoff’s piano trio, for example, is dedicated to the great composer Tchaikovsky, and Goldenweiser’s trio to Rachmaninoff. Even if two of the composers performed by Michael Schäfer, Ilona Then-Bergh, and Wen-Sinn Yang are not unknown, the trio once again prove themselves to be able explorers of forgotten repertoire. Only one recording of the Goldenweiser trio exists to date, for example, with the composer himself at the piano, and the Rachmaninoff trio is recorded here for the first time in its original 1893 version (with added harmonium), which is practically unknown today. At the same time, À la memoire d’un grand artiste is an anniversary release: pianist Michael Schäfer has been treating us to exciting rediscoveries for 10 years now on GENUIN classics, with 15 CDs to date in the Un!erhört series.

Michael Schäfer, Piano
Ilona Then-Bergh, Violin
Wen-Sinn Yang, Cello
Kang-Un Kim, Harmonium

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