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Babadjanian: Piano Trio; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 / Ares Trio
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Babadjanian: Piano Trio; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 / Ares Trio

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Details

Composer
Arno Babadjanian, Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Ares Trio
Format
CD
Label
Coviello
Released
Oct 21, 2022
Catalog #
COV92216
UPC
4039956922162

About

The Ares Trio brings together two requiems in the form of piano trios by two composers whose active periods fell within those of the Soviet Union and who were harassed by the cultural bureaucracy there: Shostakovich composed his Trio for Piano and Strings, Op. 67, in memory of his beloved friend, the musician and music critic Iván Sollertìnski, who had always stood by him, even when the Leningrad composer's music was condemned by Stalin, making him constantly fear arrest. The trio was premiered in Leningrad that same year, 1944, and has been part of the standard repertoire of piano trio literature ever since. Shostakovich's contemporary and fellow sufferer Arno Babadjanian, on the other hand, wrote his piano trio almost as a requiem for himself: in 1952, the 31-year-old was diagnosed with leukemia, which in his day was an almost certain death sentence. But with an iron will to live, he managed over 30 more years, during which his trio was performed again and again.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Largo - Allegro espressivo - Maestoso 10:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro espressivo - Maestoso
    Duration
    10:32
    Composer
    Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  2. 2 II. Andante 08:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  3. 3 III. Allegro vivace 06:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  4. 4 I. Andante - Moderato 08:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante - Moderato
    Duration
    08:10
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  5. 5 II. Allegro con brio 02:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  6. 6 III. Largo 06:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio
  7. 7 IV. Allegretto 10:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    10:45
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Ares Trio