The Young Richard Strauss Munich Piano Trio & Tilo Widenmeyer

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Piano Trio No. 2 in D Major, TrV 71:
• 1I. Allegro moderato08:07
• 2II. Andante cantabile ma non troppo05:50
• 3III. Scherzo. Allegro assai05:42
• 4IV. Finale. Lento assai - Allegro vivace09:15
• Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 13, TrV 137:
• 5I. Allegro11:24
• 6II. Scherzo. Presto07:24
• 7III. Andante07:45
• 8IV. Finale. Vivace10:57
• Total Runtime01:06:24

Info for The Young Richard Strauss

How often have the three musicians of the Munich Piano Trio opened our ears with unique music! The new, the 9th GENUIN CD of the renowned ensemble is also a voyage of discovery to works that one encounters very rarely in the concert hall. And since the composer is none other than Richard Strauss (1864–1949), the credit for the musicians is even greater! We become acquainted with two youthful works, namely a piano trio from 1878 and a piano quartet from 1884. The Munich Piano Trio plays the music, which is worth listening to and masterfully composed, with verve and at the highest standard—entirely worthwhile!

Münchner Klaviertrio
Tilo Widenmeyer, viola

Tilo Widenmeyer
was born 1966 in Heilbronn, Germany. At the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart he studied viola with Madeline Prager and chamber music with the Melos Quartet. In this time he took part in numerous master classes, including Kim Kashkashian, Wolfram Christ, Barbara Westphal, Bruno Giuranna, Valery Gradow and Leonard Hokanson. In 1991 he received a scholarship from Villa Musica (Mainz). Since 1994 he is a member of the Munich State Opera and very much in demand as a chamber musician, especially in piano quartet ensembles.

Munich Piano Trio
Founded in 1982, the Münchner Klaviertrio (Munich Piano Trio) is one of the most active and sought-after German chamber music ensembles. The musicians have undertaken lengthy concert tours throughout Europe, North America, Russia, Japan, China and a few African countries. The Trio has given concerts in the world’s most famous venues, including Berlin’s Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall, New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall, Munich’s Cuvilliés Theater, Hercules Hall and Prince Regent’s Theater, Tokyo’s Suntory and Casals Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Festival engagements have included the Munich Opera Festival, the Orlando Festival and the European Chamber Music Festival in Strasbourg. Collaborative performances with renowned German critic and author Joachim Kaiser also play a major role in the Trio’s concert activity.

The Münchner Klaviertrio has become a welcome guest worldwide with its exceptional programming. Repertoire includes the masterpieces of the trio literature, as well as less frequently performed Romantic and modern works, including new compositions written especially for the ensemble. Fono Forum praises the “precision and homogeneity of its ensemble,” and the Süddeutsche Zeitung admires the Trio’s “well balanced agogic, fervent depiction of the musical lines, refreshingly lively phrasing” as well as its “outstanding, harmonious blending of accompanied and solo passages.” Global master classes, frequent performances on radio and television, and more than 40 CDs round off the activities of the Münchner Klaviertrio.

Booklet for The Young Richard Strauss