The Hermitage Piano Trio will take your breath away! Reference Recordings is pleased to announce Spanish Impressions, our second album with this elite Trio which consists of three accomplished and established soloists, now playing together for more than a decade. Misha Keylin plays violin; Sergey Antonov, cello; and Ilya Kazantsev, piano.

On this new album they perform two extraordinary Spanish trios by Turina and Cassadó; these are lush, exotic, and Romantic works. In addition, they perform three Spanish dances by Arbós and three Spanish impressions by Perello, which are musical gems and rarities.

This project has been years in the making. The album was recorded in April 2023 by RR’s own GRAMMY® winning and multi-nominated engineering team at legendary Skywalker Sound, in Marin County, California.

REVIEW:

Hermitage are passionate, skilled players, so these works sound great in their hands. The 3 Spanish Dances by Enrique Fernandez Arbos begin with a stylish Bolero, continue with a saucy Habanera, and end with the lively ‘Seguidillas Gitanas’. The Piano Trio 2 by Joaquin Turina has a sensual I, nervous II, and bold III. Even bolder is the Trio by Gaspar Cassado.

The album ends with the 3 Impressions by Mariano Perello, where a kaleidoscopic ‘Pensando en Albeniz’ gives way to a passionate ‘Capricho Andaluz’, and then to a hard-driving ‘Escena Gitana’. All are given first-rate, committed readings by this fine Trio.

-- American Record Guide