Aquinas Piano Trio - Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol. 8 (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Trio in F Major, Hob. XV:6: I. Vivace
02. Piano Trio in F Major, Hob. XV:6: II. Tempo di Menuetto
03. Piano Trio in C Minor, Hob. XV:13: I. Andante
04. Piano Trio in C Minor, Hob. XV:13: II. Allegro spirituoso
05. Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:5: I. Adagio non tanto
06. Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:5: II. Allegro
07. Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:5: III. Allegro
08. Piano Trio in D Major, Hob. XV:7: I. Andante
09. Piano Trio in D Major, Hob. XV:7: II. Andante
10. Piano Trio in D Major, Hob. XV:7: III. Allegro assai
11. Divertimento in C Major, Hob. XIV:C1: I. Andante
12. Divertimento in C Major, Hob. XIV:C1: II. Presto
13. Divertimento in C Major, Hob. XIV:C1: III. Menuet
14. Divertimento in C Major, Hob. XIV:C1: IV. Finale. Allegro

As one of the most celebrated composers of the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn can lay claim to being ‘father of the piano trio’ alongside that of other genres established in his lifetime such as the symphony and the string quartet. The delightful Divertimento in C major is a youthful work, but the later piano trios recorded here take on a heightened sophistication. Strings and keyboard are given a new independence of character in exquisitely crafted works such as the C minor Trio, with its ‘numerous and sometimes spectacular modulations’, and oscillating enharmonic key changes that foreshadow Schubert can be heard in the Trio in D major.

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