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Friday, February 22, 2019

Heinrich von Herzogenberg - Piano Trios (ATOS Trio)


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Composer: Heinrich von Herzogenberg
  • (01) Piano Trio No. 1 in C major, Op. 24
  • (05) Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, Op. 36

ATOS Trio
Annette von Hehn, violin
Stefan Heinemeyer, cello
Thomas Hoppe, piano

Date: 2008
Label: cpo


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Review

Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900) isn’t exactly a household name, nor are these trios familiar territory for many listeners. I found them to be nice music in the Brahmsian mold, well written and attractive in both mood and expression, just not quite as good as Brahms or as original as the music of Josef Rheinberger. Herzogenberg was by no means an untalented composer; I’d much rather hear these works than a great many by more famous composers that lack their sparkle or charm. And sparkle and charm they most certainly have; though none of the themes are particularly memorable, all are well crafted and developed with fine attention to melodic and rhythmic variance. There are quite a few surprises along the way, too, such as the sprightly 6/8 dance in the midst of the opening Allegro of the first trio. As an original review of the first trio put it, “The main themes . . . do not exactly come forward with compelling force but immediately gain favor, are finely invented and warmly felt, and are conveyed more delightfully to us by an extremely skillful and frequently very appealing elaboration.” That, to me, is a perfect description of that trio, in fact of both trios on this CD.

I personally felt that Herzogenberg’s weakness came in the Andante movements, well made but somewhat old-fashioned, almost Schubertian in language but not as emotionally convincing. The ATOS Trio does a very fine job with them, however, so if you’re looking for rousing good German piano trios to puzzle your friends over in a game of “guess the composer,” these will provide ample surprises indeed. There do not appear to be any other recordings of these works available. Recommended highly for performance and sound quality, which are clean and natural, with the slight reservations noted above for the music itself.

-- Lynn René Bayley, FANFARE

More reviews:
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/c/cpo77335a.php
https://www.allmusic.com/album/heinrich-von-herzogenberg-piano-trios-nos-1-2-mw0001871154
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Herzogenberg-Piano-Trios-1-2/dp/B00128YE38

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Heinrich von Herzogenberg (10 June 1843 – 9 October 1900) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was attracted to the music of Richard Wagner early on, but after studying J. S. Bach's works, became an adherent of the classical tradition and an advocate for the music of Brahms. In 1874, Herzogenberg founded the Leipzig Bach-Verein and became its artistic director for 10 years. From 1885, he was Professor of Composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. While considered by many as a mere epigone of Brahms, many of Herzogenberg's compositions show little or no overt Brahmsian influence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_von_Herzogenberg

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The ATOS Trio is a German piano trio, founded in 2003. The name ATOS stands for Annette - ThOmas - Stefan, three members of the trio. The ensemble has been playing in an unchanged line-up since the beginning, with Annette von Hehn (violin, born 1978 in Kiel, a student of Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard), Stefan Heinemeyer (cello, born 1980 in Berlin), and Thomas Hoppe (piano, born in Bad Kreuznach, also a student at the Juilliard). The trio live in Berlin, where they have set up their own concert series at the Heimathafen Neukölln theater, and perform regularly all over the world.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOS-Trio
http://www.atos-trio.de/

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