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Trio's Op. 65 & 90

Trio Solisti

Trio's Op. 65 & 90

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404939327
Catnr: BRIDG 9393
Release date: 02 October 2015
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Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404939327
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9393
Release date
02 October 2015
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This CD presents superb readings of two of the finest compositions in the chamber repertoire- Dvorák's F Minor and 'Dumky' trios. In Antonín Dvorák's output we sense continually the competing impulses that shaped his musical character: the urge to master classical forms, to give free rein to an instinctive lyric impulse, and to express the national aspirations and pride of his countrymen. The four published trios neatly encapsulate the course of the composer's artistic development, from his attempts (in Trios Nos. 1 and 2) to attain complete command of the medium in its classic form, to the creation of a mature masterpiece in the Third Trio, and then his highly original transcendence of classical formal restraints in the Fourth Trio, the 'Dumky'. Moreover the trios contain some of the most deeply-felt and personal music in Dvorák's entire output. The New Yorker magazine recently called Trio Solisti "the most exciting piano trio in America." Trio Solisti can also be heard on Café Music (BRIDGE 9296).
Das New York Magazine kührte das Ensemble Trio Solisti zum "aufregendsten Klaviertrio in Amerika". Hier legen sie nun eine Einspielung der wohl persönlichsten Kompositionen Dvoráks vor: seiner Klaviertrios Nr. 3 und 4.

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Trio Solisti

Trio Solisti has forged a reputation as “the most exciting piano trio in America” (The New Yorker), with a passionate performance style that combines exceptional virtuosity and musical insight.  Possessing a repertoire that encompasses the standard repertoire and works by contemporary composers, rave reviews follow the trio throughout its concert tours.  Noted Wall Street Journal critic Terry Teachout proclaimed that Trio Solisti is 'the group that to my mind has now succeeded the Beaux Arts Trio as the outstanding chamber music ensemble of its kind.”  The New York Times called it “probably the finest American [piano trio] currently on the field,” and the trio was praised by The Washington Post for a “transcendent performance.” Founded in 2001, Trio Solisti – violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, and pianist Fabio Bidini – has performed on major concert series...
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Trio Solisti has forged a reputation as “the most exciting piano trio in America” (The New Yorker), with a passionate performance style that combines exceptional virtuosity and musical insight. Possessing a repertoire that encompasses the standard repertoire and works by contemporary composers, rave reviews follow the trio throughout its concert tours. Noted Wall Street Journal critic Terry Teachout proclaimed that Trio Solisti is "the group that to my mind has now succeeded the Beaux Arts Trio as the outstanding chamber music ensemble of its kind.” The New York Times called it “probably the finest American [piano trio] currently on the field,” and the trio was praised by The Washington Post for a “transcendent performance.”

Founded in 2001, Trio Solisti – violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, and pianist Fabio Bidini – has performed on major concert series such as the Great Performers at Lincoln Center, People’s Symphony Concerts at Town Hall NY, Washington Performing Arts Society at Kennedy Center, Seattle’s Meany Hall and La Jolla’s Revelle Series. In 2015, the ensemble performed a three-concert series at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, presenting the complete piano chamber music of Johannes Brahms, with guest artists Anthony McGill (clarinet), Jesse Mills (violin), Richard O'Neill and Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), and Julie Landsman (French horn).

The trio's 2016/17 performance highlights include performances for the Dallas Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Monterrey Bay, Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake, Chamber Music Tulsa, Palm Beach Society of the Four Arts, ChamberMusic@Beall (University of Oregon) and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music. Also this season, Trio Solisti will perform the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon's Piano Trio No. 2; it is being co-commissioned for the ensemble by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and the Harvard Musical Association. Among other leading composers with whom the trio has collaborated, are Lowell Lieberman, Philip Glass, Kevin Puts and Paul Moravec, whose "Tempest Fantasy" written for the group won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize.

A prolific recording ensemble, Trio Solisti’s two-CD set, "Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff Trios," is to be released on Bridge Records in July 2016. Critical acclaim was accorded the ensemble for its 2014 recording, "Ravel & Chausson Trios." The New York Times raved, "startlingly fresh and fascinating... plenty of fire and excitement in this standout recording." Gramophone magazine described it as "a performance of kaleidoscopic hues, beauty of sound, and bountiful panache. Whether silken or sweeping, the music receives idiomatic and sophisticated treatment as shaped by these keenly perceptive artists." The trio's earlier recordings are "Dvořák Trios," "Café Music," "Brahms Trios," "Tempest Fantasy" and the ensemble's own arrangement of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition."

Trio Solisti proudly marks its 12th year as ensemble-in-residence at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, and it has presented 13 seasons of Telluride MusicFest, the trio's annual summer chamber music festival in Telluride, Colorado.


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Maria Bachmann (violin)

A violinist who combines outstanding musicianship with dazzling technical command, a tone of exceptional purity, and a magnetic stage presence, Maria Bachmann has received critical accolades from the beginning of her career. The New York Times has hailed her as 'a violinist of soul and patrician refinement...warmly lyrical, and unexpectedly sensuous.' Ms. Bachmann has forged a unique profile as a soloist, violinist of Trio Solisti, recording artist, eminent proponent of new music, and Artistic Director of Telluride MusicFest in Colorado. Among Maria's latest CD releases are Trio Solisti's Ravel & Chausson Piano Trios on Bridge, and French Piano Quartets with pianist Adam Neiman, violist Hsin-Yun Huang, and cellist Edward Arron on the Aeolian Classics label. In 2016, CD releases include her recording...
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A violinist who combines outstanding musicianship with dazzling technical command, a tone of exceptional purity, and a magnetic stage presence, Maria Bachmann has received critical accolades from the beginning of her career. The New York Times has hailed her as "a violinist of soul and patrician refinement...warmly lyrical, and unexpectedly sensuous." Ms. Bachmann has forged a unique profile as a soloist, violinist of Trio Solisti, recording artist, eminent proponent of new music, and Artistic Director of Telluride MusicFest in Colorado.
Among Maria's latest CD releases are Trio Solisti's Ravel & Chausson Piano Trios on Bridge, and French Piano Quartets with pianist Adam Neiman, violist Hsin-Yun Huang, and cellist Edward Arron on the Aeolian Classics label. In 2016, CD releases include her recording of Paul Moravec's Violin Concerto with Rossen Milanov conducting Symphony in C for NAXOS, and Trio Solisti's Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov Piano Trios. Her recordings encompassing works from Beethoven to new music can be found on Sony Masterworks, Sony/RCA Red Seal, Naxos, Endeavour Classics, Orange Mountain Music, and Bridge Records.
Ms. Bachmann has made acclaimed debuts with The National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, The St. Louis Symphony, the Taipai Symphony and Shanghai Symphony, and has worked with conductors Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano and Marin Alsop. In 2010, Ms. Bachmann performed Philip Glass's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra with the Orchestra of The Hague in The Netherlands, and the World Premiere of Paul Moravec's Violin Concerto at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. She has performed recitals in Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai, Taipei, The Kennedy Center and Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Herbst Theater in San Francisco, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, New York's Town Hall, Merkin Hall and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Boston's Jordan Hall.
Her competition victories include first prizes at The Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna, The Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York and The Pro Musicis Award. Maria Bachmann studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ivan Galamian and Szymon Goldberg, and was awarded the Fritz Kriesler Prize for outstanding graduating violinist. She performs on a 1782 violin by Niccolo Gagliano. www.mariabachmann.com
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