Mari Poll, Henry-David Varema, Mihkel Poll
Release Date: 05 August 2022
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547018096
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The debut album of Estonian trio Poll-Varema-Poll features performances of four piano trios belonging to the canon of Estonian classical music.
The Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major was created in 1929 by a composer educated at the Russian Conservatory in St Petersburg: Artur Lemba (1885–1963). It was the first piano trio in the history of Estonian music, still firmly rooted in the Classical and Roman tic compositional idiom.
The character of the second composition, Two Lyrical Pieces from 1915 by Heino Eller (1887–1970), is different. He was Lemba's peer, also educated in Russia, but his compositional interests focused on sounds which were then willingly described as proper of Estonian national music. Arvo Part (b. 1935), although belonging to the next generation of Estonian composers, has already become a classic, known and appreciated all over the world. The trajectory of his compositional career was full of unexpected turning points and experiments: he began with Neoclassicism and then devoted himself to avant-garde experiments.
On the album we will listen to the piece Mozart Adagio from 1992, in which the composer refers to the Piano Sonata in F Major KV 280 by the great Viennese. His second composition featured on the CD, close to modern times, is Scala cromatica from 2007. In this piece, we can appreciate a different facet of the Estonian composer, showing his sense of humour and lightness.
Riho Esko Maimets (b. 1988) is the youngest of the composers presented on the album, and his piece Three Contemplations for Piano Trio was premiered in 2019. It is an extremely reflective, contemplative music, deeply referring to the best traditions of 'northern sounds' – lyricism, clarity and harmony. The pieces are performed by the Poll-Varema-Poll trio. The ensemble specialises in the performance of Estonian piano trios and has already played in numerous concert venues in Europe.
Mihkel Poll, piano
Mari Poll, violin
Henry-David Varema, cello
"An engagingly played recital" - BBC Music Magazine, 4 STARS
Tracklisting
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Jacek Szponarski, Szymon Mechlinski, Jolanta Pszczolkowsla-Pawlik
Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Witold Lutoslowski Lomza Chamber Philharmonic
Pawel Przytocki, Lódz Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Niedziolka
Tomasz Ritter, Tansman Trio
Messages Quartet, Piotr Lato
Malgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera, Andrzej Karalow
Maciej Tworek, Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia luventus Orchestra
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti
Stephane Tetreault; Olivier Hebert-Bouchard
Torleif Thedee & Marianna Shirinyan
Magnus Boye Hansen, Mathias Halvorsen
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
Carlotta Malquori, Andrea D'Amato
Ensemble La Francaise
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
