Alexander Grechaninov - Piano Trios (Moscow Rachmaninov Trio)

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Composer: Alexander Grechaninov

• (01) Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 38
• (04) Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 113
• (07) Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 128

Moscow Rachmaninov Trio

Viktor Yampolsky, piano

Mikhail Tsinman, violin

Natalia Savinova, cello

Date: 2002

Label: Hyperion

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55399

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 8 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

Grechaninov displays in his chamber music the same attachment to the old world as he does in his symphonic works. Piano Trio No. 1, from 1906, appropriates a Tchaikovskian style, not least in the driving dotted rhythm (from Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony) that dominates the first movement. Moving forward to 1927 we find Grechaninov moving backwards to the 1800’s in his Cello Sonata, a well-crafted and serenely lyrical piece that recalls Schumann and the German romantics. Paradoxically, the latest piece here, the vigorous and youthful Piano Trio No. 2, sounds like the earliest. It recreates in sound the world of Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov, even though it was composed in 1930, long after that world had faded into memory.

The Moscow Rachmaninov Piano Trio offers fine, polished performances that reflect their faith in the music. Reactionary? You bet! But then, some people enjoy Grechaninov for this very reason. So if you think Russian music was just fine until that meddlesome Stravinsky introduced all those horrible dissonances, than you’ll be delighted with this warmly and vividly recorded disc.

-- Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday

More reviews:

https://www.classical-music.com/reviews/chamber/grechaninov/

http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/h/hyp67295a.php

https://www.audaud.com/grechaninov-piano-trios-no-1-in-c-minor-op-38-no-2-in-g-major-cello-sonata-in-e-minor-the-moscow-rachmaninov-trio-helios/

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Alexander Grechaninov ( 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1864, Kaluga – 3 January 1956, New York City) was a Russian Romantic composer. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory where his main teachers were Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky. He subsequently moved to St. Petersburg where he studied composition and orchestration with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Grechaninov wrote five symphonies, the first premiered by Rimsky-Korsakov; four string quartets, two piano trios, sonatas for violin, cello, clarinet, piano and balalaika, several operas, song cycle Les Fleurs du Mal and much other music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gretchaninov

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The debut of the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio took place in 1994 at the concert hall of the Gnessin Music Academy and happened to be such a success, that starting from this moment the Trio began regular performances at the best concert halls in Russia and abroad. In collaboration with Hyperion Records, they issued a series of CDs with music of Russian composers. All the participants of the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and are winners of international competitions. Each musician leads his or her own solo career and takes part in master-classes and festivals.

https://operaandballet.com/?play_person_cod=mos_rach_trio

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