Piano Trios

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Alfred Garyevich Schnittke & Kempf Trio

Piano Trios are two chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1923 and 1944. The earlier trio displays lyrical post-Romantic and early-modernist traits with contrapuntal energy, while the later trio is darker and more expansive—using dissonance, stark contrasts and echoes of wartime trauma to mark a mature development in his chamber music that influenced mid-20th-century repertoire.
First released: November 2009

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: I. Andante - Moderato - Poco più mosso
    7:35
  2. 2.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: II. Allegro non troppo
    3:23
  3. 3.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: III. Largo
    5:25
  4. 4.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: IV. Allegretto
    11:05
  5. 5.
    Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor, op. 8
    12:54
  6. 6.
    Piano Trio: I. Moderato
    14:58
  7. 7.
    Piano Trio: II. Adagio
    12:41

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