5410939759026

Weinberg 1945

Trio Khnopff

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Format: CD

Cat No: ADW7590

Release Date:  18 October 2019

Label:  Pavane

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5410939759026

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Trio Khnopff present their debut album of works by Polish born Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, including the world premiere recording of Two Songs without Words.

    Weinberg's Trio was one of the first big pieces Trio Khnopff played together, and it has remained a unanimous favourite for them. The huge emotional spectrum, the quality and originality of the writing, the instrumental challenge, the composer himself (a young man facing the greatest personal and societal challenges) – this all comes together in his Trio to create a work that resonates deeply with the artists and that has been something of a constant companion.

    The idea of dedicating the Khnopff Trio's first album to Weinberg, and more precisely to the pivotal time around 1945, felt like a natural one. His works from this time are extremely diverse: the Trio is monumental in breadth and emotional impact; the cello sonata seems to quote the entire history of music in twenty minutes (from the baroque to the jazz age!); the Songs Without Words and sincere and beautiful in their simplicity; and the Rhapsody showcases Weinberg's instrumental inventiveness by way of great violinistic virtuosity.

    Artists Trio Khnopff Sadie Fields - Violin Stéphanie Salmin - Piano Romain Dhainaut - Celo

    CRTICIAL ACCLAIM

    "...the performance...has real edge and encompasses the Trio's troubled emotional trajectory, from the anguished declamatory recitatives of the 'Poem' to the brutal war machine of the 'Toccata' and the relentless fugal episode in the Finale, with devastating impact." Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice *****/*****

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op.24 I. Prelude and Aria - Larghetto
      • 2. Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op.24 II. Toccata - Allegro marcato
      • 3. Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op.24 III. Poem - Moderato
      • 4. Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op.24 IV. Finale - Allegro moderato
      • 5. Weinberg: Sonata No.1 for Cello and Piano, Op.21 I. Lento ma non troppo
      • 6. Weinberg: Sonata No.1 for Cello and Piano, Op.21 II. Un poco moderato - Lento ma no troppo
      • 7. Weinberg: Two Songs Without Words for Violin and Piano I. Andantino
      • 8. Weinberg: Two Songs Without Words for Violin and Piano II. Larghetto
      • 9. Weinberg: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes for Violin and Piano, Op.47 No.3