A Room of Her Own Neave Trio

• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918): D'un matin de printemps:
• 1Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps04:47
• D'un soir triste
• 2Boulanger: D'un soir triste10:21
• Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944): Trio No. 1, Op. 11:
• 3Chaminade: Trio No. 1, Op. 11: I. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I08:19
• 4Chaminade: Trio No. 1, Op. 11: II. Andante - Animato - Tempo I04:34
• 5Chaminade: Trio No. 1, Op. 11: III. Presto leggiero03:38
• 6Chaminade: Trio No. 1, Op. 11: IV. Allegro molto agitato - Poco più mosso05:56
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983): Trio:
• 7Tailleferre: Trio: I. Allegro animato04:04
• 8Tailleferre: Trio: II. Allegro vivace03:14
• 9Tailleferre: Trio: III. Moderato02:54
• 10Tailleferre: Trio: IV. Très animé - Accélérez - Tempo I04:08
• Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944): Trio:
• 11Smyth: Trio: I. Allegro non troppo09:35
• 12Smyth: Trio: II. 'Der Mutte [sic] der Einfachkeit [sic]?!'06:17
• 13Smyth: Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio04:08
• 14Smyth: Trio: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace11:10
• Total Runtime01:23:05

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In a follow-up to its extremely successful album Her Voice, the Neave Trio on A Room of Her Own once again champions the works of female composers. The only non-French composer on the album is Ethel Smyth whose Piano Trio, one of her earliest works, was composed in 1880. Like many of her works from this era, it shows a clear nod to the Austro-German influences of her studies in Leipzig, particularly of Brahms. Cécile Chaminade was born just a year before Smyth, and her First Piano Trio was written in the same year as Smyth’s. The Paris première was very well received by the critics, and the Trio was published a year later. Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Trio began life in 1916 – 17 as a work in three movements, and then gathered dust for over sixty years, until a commission from France’s Ministère de la Culture, in 1978, enabled Tailleferre to revive and re-imagine it. By then in her mid-eighties, Tailleferre replaced the original second movement and added a fourth. The Trio is an excellent example of her compositional style – a voice that remained consistent though her long compositional career. Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps and D’un soir triste are perhaps now better known in their orchestral versions: this recording proves that the two pieces work equally well at either scale. As they are among the last compositions of her short life (she died of chronic illness at twenty-four), we are left to imagine what she might have written had she lived longer.

Neave Trio

Neave Trio
Hailed by the magazine Fanfare as ‘having exceeded the Gold Standard and moved on to Platinum’, the Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. It has been praised for its ‘bright and radiant music making’ by the critic Robert Sherman (WQXR Radio), and described as ‘a consummate ensemble’ by the Palm Beach Daily News and ‘a brilliant trio’ by MusicWeb International. Its debut at the Rockport International Chamber Music Festival was cited among the ‘Best of 2014’ by The Boston Musical Intelligencer, which wrote: ‘it is inconceivable that they will not soon be among the busiest chamber ensembles going.’ Its members originating from the US, Russia, and Japan, the Trio has performed on concert stages from Carnegie Hall in New York to venues in the UK, continental Europe, and Russia, bringing audiences to their feet and receiving the highest critical acclaim. Performances have been broadcast on radio stations across the United States and abroad, notably on American Public Media’s Performance Today, The McGraw-Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase on WQXR Radio (New York), as well as on WGBH Radio (Boston) and WXXI and WCNY Radio (New York). Previous recordings have been met with critical acclaim, included on the 2014 ‘Want List’ in Fanfare, and made Recording of the Month by MusicWeb International. The Trio has held artist residency positions at Brown University, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, San Diego State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and Concord Academy. As part of its mission to create new pathways for classical music and engage a wider audience, the Neave Trio frequently works with artists of all mediums. Notable collaborations include the world premiere performance of Klee Musings, a work dedicated to the Trio by the American composer Augusta Read Thomas, as well as multiple award-winning productions with dance companies and filmmakers.

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