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Mozart: Late Piano Trios / Kungsbacka Piano Trio
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Mozart: Late Piano Trios / Kungsbacka Piano Trio

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Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
KUNGSBACKA PIANO TRIO
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 24, 2009
Catalog #
8570519
UPC
747313051977

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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

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  2. 2 II. Andante grazioso 04:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  3. 3 III. Allegro 06:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  4. 4 I. Allegro 07:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  5. 5 II. Andante cantabile 07:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  6. 6 III. Allegro 04:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  7. 7 I. Allegro 05:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  8. 8 II. Andante 05:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  9. 9 III. Allegretto 04:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  10. 10 I. Allegro 08:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  11. 11 II. Tempo di Menuetto 07:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Tempo di Menuetto
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio
  12. 12 III. Allegro 07:10
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kungsbacka Piano Trio