Trio Zadig – The Seasons (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Trio Zadig – The Seasons (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:23 minutes | 857 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Trio Zadig releases an elegantly romantic performance of Tchaikovsky’s Seasons. This is probably the most poetic and the most popular of all of Tchaikovsky’s works, with its twelve short pieces, one for each month of the year. The collection was composed at the request of Nikolay Matveyevich Bernard, the publisher of Le Nouvelliste, a monthly music magazine in St. Petersburg. Alexander Goedicke, a Russian composer of the early 20th century made this arrangement of the Seasons for piano trio. The actor Stéphane Varupenne of the Comédie-Française here adds a magically childlike aspect to the cycle: this recording is like a musical book, one that has a poem for each month of the year. These verses can be delicious, charming, lyrical, subtle, and even melancholic, with a typically Russian character that Stéphane Varupenne takes pleasure in imparting. Each piece seems to begin with the words “Once upon a time…”.

Tracklist:
01. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: I. Janvier (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (05:41)
02. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: II. Février (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (03:10)
03. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: III. Mars (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (02:39)
04. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: IV. Avril (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (02:50)
05. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: V. Mai (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (04:49)
06. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: VI. Juin (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (05:46)
07. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: VII. Juillet (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (01:58)
08. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: VIII. Août (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (04:24)
09. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: IX. Septembre (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (03:06)
10. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: X. Octobre (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (04:50)
11. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: XI. Novembre (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (03:11)
12. Trio Zadig – Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37a: XII. Décembre (Arranged for Piano Trio by Alexander Goedicke) (Live in Paris) (04:54)

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