Park Piano Trio - Mendelssohn & Brahms: Piano Trios (2009) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, MWV Q 29 "Grand": I. Molto allegro agitato
02. Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, MWV Q 29 "Grand": II. Andante con molto tranquillo
03. Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, MWV Q 29 "Grand": III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace
04. Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, MWV Q 29 "Grand": IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
05. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): I. Allegro con brio
06. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): III. Adagio
08. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 Version): IV. Allegro


The Trio in D minor is certainly one of Mendelssohn’s most successful and popular works, and with reason. Its genesis was not a simple affair and in its initial state was found somewhat lacking in originality and flamboyance by Mendelssohn’s good friend, Ferdinand Hiller. The final version completed on the 23rd September 1839 gave a greater importance to the piano part, and here Mendelssohn incorporated his own qualities as a pianist in the part: great finger virtuosity, brilliance, impetuosity, and a romantic “gonghu” that is irresistible. Robert Schumann in his review of the work in 1840 declared Mendelssohn to be the “Mozart of the 19th century, the most illuminating of musicians.” Schumann surely studied this work with profit, for his own his first piano trio, op. 63, composed some eight years later and also in D minor is the testimony. The trio has four movements. The first movement, Molto allegro e agitato, begins with a passionate but subtle main theme played by the cello and accompanied

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