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Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

Trio Solisti

Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404946523
Catnr: BRIDG 9465
Release date: 05 May 2017
2 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404946523
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9465
Release date
05 May 2017
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About the album

Trio Solisti was recently called “the most exciting trio in America” by The New Yorker, and on these recordings gives ample evidence for the encomium. Tchaikovsky's only piano trio was written in the shadow of Nikolai Rubenstein's death. Rubenstein was the founder of the Moscow Conservatory and Tchaikovsky's close friend. Tchaikovsky composed the formidable piano part as a tribute, and dedicated the score Á la mémoire d'un grand artiste. Following Tchaikovsky's death in 1893, Rachmaninoff set out to memorialize the great master through his own Trio élégiaque, eventually published as op. 9, and bearing the same dedication as Tchaikovsky's trio. Rachmaninoff's single-movement G minor trio was written two years before his D minor trio, though it was not published until 1947, a few years after his death.
Trio Solisti wurde kürzlich vom New Yorker als "das aufregendste Trio in Amerika" benannt und auf diesen Aufnahmen gibt es genügend Beweise für diese berechtigte Lobrede. Tschaikowskis einziges Klaviertrio wurde im Schatten des Todes von Nikolai Rubenstein geschrieben. Rubenstein war der Begründer des Moskauer Konservatoriums und Tschaikowskis enger Freund. Tschaikowski komponierte den beeindruckenden Klavierpart als Tribut und widmete die Partitur Á la mémoire d'un grand artiste.

Artist(s)

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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Adam Neiman (piano)

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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Composer(s)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused...
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Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused his output as composer to slow tremendously; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six compositions, including Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3, and Symphonic Dances. In 1942, Rachmaninov moved to Beverly Hills, California. One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninov acquired American citizenship.
Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors.[3] The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninov's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument.

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Disc #1
01.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: I. Pezzo Elegiaco
18:24
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
02.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: II. Tema con variazioni: Tema (Andante con moto)
01:03
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
03.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione I
00:49
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
04.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione II Più mosso
00:33
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
05.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione III Allegro moderato
00:54
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
06.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione IV L'istesso tempo
01:03
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
07.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione V L'istesso tempo
00:37
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
08.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione VI Tempo di Valse
02:37
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
09.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione VII Allegro moderato
01:18
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
10.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione VIII Fuga (Allegro moderato)
02:27
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
11.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione VIII Fuga (Allegro moderato)
03:29
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
12.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione X Tempo di Mazurka
01:44
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
13.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione XI Moderato
02:08
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
14.
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50: Variazione Finale e Coda: Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco Andante con moto
11:22
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman

Disc #2
01.
Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9: I. Moderato - Allegro vivace - Meno mosso - Allegro moderato - Piu vivo - Maestoso - Allegro moderato - Presto - Meno mosso - Allegro molto - Andante - Moderato - Piu mosso - Meno mosso - Allegro mode
19:36
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
02.
Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9: II. Quasi Variazione: Andante - Allegro - Lento - Allegro scherzando - Moderato - L'istesso tempo - Allegro vivace - Andante - Moderato
22:19
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
03.
Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9: III. Allegro Risoluto - Allegro molto - Temp rubato - Moderato - Piu vivo - Meno mosso - Moderato
07:34
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
04.
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor: Lento Lugubre
14:00
(Sergei Rachmaninoff) Maria Bachmann, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Adam Neiman
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