Leonore Piano Trio – Taneyev & Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Trios (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonore Piano Trio – Taneyev & Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Trios (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:56 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

Rimsky-Korsakov described Taneyev’s best music as possessing ‘a wealth of beauty and expressiveness’, a verdict with which no one is likely to disagree after hearing the piano trio recorded here. Rimsky was (unjustly) disparaging towards his own, unfinished, trio, which emerges as a brooding, substantial work well worthy of revival.

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Leonore Piano Trio – Pixis: Piano Trios (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonore Piano Trio – Pixis: Piano Trios (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:54 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

The Leonore Piano Trio revivifies three works by a figure already—and unfairly—consigned to the musical footnotes of history before he died, and yet whose music is bound to charm in such persuasive performances as these.

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Leonore Piano Trio – Litolff: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonore Piano Trio – Litolff: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:00 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

If the name of Henry Charles Litolff is familiar today only through the scherzo of his Concerto symphonique No 4, the absurdity of that ‘one-hit composer’ tag is clearly demonstrated by this release. These are among the finest examples of the piano trio genre still inexplicably absent from the standard repertoire.

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Leonore Piano Trio – Arensky: Piano Trios (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonore Piano Trio – Arensky: Piano Trios (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:01 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

Arensky’s Piano Trios represent a fine example of the Russian romantic piano trio, a form ‘invented’ by Tchaikovsky, Arensky’s close friend and influence. Piano Trio No 1 is the more popular of the two, dedicated to the cellist Karl Davidoff. Davidoff is regarded as the founder of the Russian school of cello-playing, and Arensky’s dedication accounts for the fact that the cello plays such a prominent role, having most of the principal themes and often seeming to eclipse the violin in importance. Piano Trio No 2 is one composer’s last works, and marks a considerable advance in Arensky’s compositional techniques.

Hyperion is delighted to present the Leonore Piano Trio (Tim Horton, Benjamin Nabarro and Gemma Rosefield, who features as soloist on Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series Volume 3: Stanford Cello Concertos) in its debut recording.

Composer: Anton Arensky, Sergei Rachmaninov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio

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