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Smetana & Schubert: Piano Trios

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Details

Composer
Franz Schubert, Bedrich Smetana
Artist
Trio Bohemo
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Oct 18, 2024
Catalog #
SU4344-2
UPC
099925434427

About

I am the instrument of a higher power. With God's help and grace, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart as a composer. The ambitious plan in the 18-year-old composer's diary was eventually fulfilled. He was a very sought-after pianist. As a composer, he left his mark most clearly in the cycle of symphonic poems titled Ma vlast (My Country) and through chamber music in his Piano Trio and the String Quartet "From My Life"; those three works reflect tragic episodes in Smetana's life. The Trio in G minor, one of the gems of 19th-century chamber music, was written in under three months of 1855 as an outgrowth of the composer's immense sorrow over the death of his daughter. Smetana's emotionally gripping trio is heard on the album together with one of the most important chamber works of the romantic era, Schubert's monumental Piano Trio in E flat major (1827). This masterpiece was likewise written by a 30-year-old composer, but it is also one of Schubert's last completed works; at the time, Schubert had only a year of life remaining. The ensemble reaching the depths of the two composers' music on their debut album is the youthful Trio Bohemo, who have been appearing for several years with great success at prestigious competitions and on concert stages around the world (London's Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein), usually with programmes combining Czech and foreign repertoire. There is yet another important name behind the recording: the late Hatto Beyerle, a founding member of the Alban Berg Quartet, who coached the young ensemble in both works and set them on the path towards their own individual interpretation, seeking the meaning hidden behind the musical notation. Trio Bohemo, Smetana, Schubert. A debut with a capital "D".

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato assai 11:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato assai
    Duration
    11:00
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  2. 2 II. Allegro, ma non agitato 09:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro, ma non agitato
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  3. 3 III. Finale: Presto 09:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  4. 4 I. Allegro 16:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:09
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  5. 5 II. Andante con moto 08:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    08:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  6. 6 III. Scherzando: Allegro moderato - Trio 07:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzando: Allegro moderato - Trio
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème
  7. 7 IV. Allegro moderato 15:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    15:44
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Trio Bohème