Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 & Piano Trio Kungsbacka Piano Trio

• 1I. Allegro molto moderato11:14
• 2II. Allegro molto03:28
• 3III. Adagio non troppo10:16
• 4IV. Allegro molto08:31
• 5Dolly Suite, Op. 56: No. 1. Berceuse (version for violin and piano)02:41
• 63 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 1. Andante quasi allegretto (arr. J. Delsart for violin and piano)01:49
• 73 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 2. Allegro molto (arr. J. Delsart for cello and piano)02:17
• 83 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3. Andante moderato (arr. P. Gouin for cello and piano)02:03
• 9I. Allegro ma non troppo06:03
• 10II. Andantino08:33
• 11III. Allegro vivo04:40
• Total Runtime01:01:35

Info for Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 & Piano Trio

Gabriel Fauré’s chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem (Naxos 8.550765), are regaining their rightful place. This new release from the Kungsbacka Piano Trio follows their recording of Fauré’s First Piano Quartet and other chamber works (8.573042), described by Gramophone as ‘a delectable way into Fauré’s chamber music’.

The programme features the less frequently heard original version, with clarinet, of the Piano Trio, the Second Piano Quartet, which includes an evocation of the bells of Cadirac near the composer’s home, the Romances sans paroles, described by Marcel Proust as ‘intoxicating’ and one of Fauré’s most famous works, the Berceuse from the Dolly Suite.

Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Malin Broman, violin (on tracks 1–6)
Jesper Svedberg, cello (on tracks 1–4, 7–11)
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano (on tracks 1–11)
Philip Dukes, viola (on tracks 1–4)
Richard Hosford, clarinet (on tracks 9–11)

Recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK, 17–19 April 2013
Produced, engineer & edited by Phil Rowlands

Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Formed in 1997, the Kungsbacka Piano Trio has gained an enviable reputation as one of the most outstanding ensembles of its kind. Having established its credentials early on by winning first prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, joining the Young Classical Artists Trust and BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme, and being selected as “rising stars” by the European Concert Halls Organisation with concerts including at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the trio has since appeared at numerous festivals and venues throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the trio has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, LSO St Luke’s and the City of London, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Festivals. Recordings for Naxos include Piano Trios by Schubert, Mozart, Chopin and Fauré, and the world première of Karen Rehnqvist’s Beginning for Piano Trio, commissioned for the Trio and released on BIS. Other commissions have included works by composers such as Daniel Bortz, Joe Duddell, Helen Grime, Paul Stanhope and Mark-Anthony Turnage. With a strong connection to Sweden through founder-member Malin Broman, the Kungsbacka Piano Trio regularly performs on tour throughout the country. Alongside numerous chamber music tours, the trio has performed as soloists in Martinů’s Triple Concerto with the Västerås Sinfonietta, and in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andrew Manze. The Kungsbacka Piano Trio has been honoured to receive the prestigious Interpret Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, which was presented to them by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

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