Mozart: Late Piano Trios / Kungsbacka Piano Trio

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 24, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, W.A.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Kungsbacka Piano Trio
    • PERFORMER
      KUNGSBACKA PIANO TRIO
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2009
    • UPC
      747313051977
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570519
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    2. II. Andante grazioso

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    5. II. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    6. III. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    8. II. Andante

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    9. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    11. II. Tempo di Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kungsbacka Piano Trio




MOZART Piano Trios: Nos. 4–6; in D, K 442 (compl. Stadler) • Kungsbacka Pn Tr • NAXOS 8.570519 (76: 42)


This may well be the shortest entry I’ve ever submitted; for assuming that my review of Volume 1 of the Kungsbacka’s Mozart piano trios appeared in the 32:5 issue, there’s little to add. The current Volume 2 completes this ensemble’s run of Mozart’s six official trios for violin, cello, and piano, filling out the disc with an additional three-movement trio cobbled together by the Abbé Maximilian Stadler from fragmentary odds and ends that were probably intended for other pieces.


To restate what I said in my previous review, “The Kungsbacka Trio is a modern-instruments ensemble, but it plays stylishly and tastefully. Translation: articulation is crisp, vibrato is minimal, tempos are spirited in allegro movements and forward moving in andante movements, open strings are not avoided, and first movement exposition repeats are taken. For those who don’t already have one or more versions of these trios in their collections and/or who are not uncompromising advocates for period instruments, the Kungsbacka Trio can be recommended for very fine playing, and Naxos’s recording, at a price that can’t be beat, is excellent.”


Now that this cycle is complete, it definitely vies for equal favor with other preferred versions by the Florestan, Parnassus, and Gryphon Trios. And at budget price, it possibly edges them out slightly. Strongly recommended.


FANFARE: Jerry Dubins