Piano Trios

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Anton Stepanovich Arensky & Trio con Brio Copenhagen

Piano Trios is a collection of chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1923 and 1944. The pieces combine late-Romantic and early-modernist harmonic language with Russian folk-inflected motifs and sharply contrasting moods, exploiting intimate textures for piano, violin and cello that trace Shostakovich's development from youthful experimentation to his mature wartime expressive voice.
First released: 19th November 2021

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor “Poème”, op. 8
    12:25
  2. 2.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32: I. Allegro moderato
    12:00
  3. 3.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    5:34
  4. 4.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32: III. Elegia. Adagio
    6:47
  5. 5.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo
    5:34
  6. 6.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: I. Andante
    8:03
  7. 7.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: II. Allegro con brio
    2:56
  8. 8.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: III. Largo
    5:17
  9. 9.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: IV. Allegretto
    10:50

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