Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547018607
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This new release presents two outstanding examples of the Piano Trio – Arensky's Trio No 1 in D Minor, Op 32 and Shostakovich's Trio No 2 in E Minor, Op 67.
Both composers were active in Russia (Shostakovich mainly in the Soviet Union) but were separated by a difference of about two generations (Shostakovich was born in the year of Arensky's death). Both acted in impor¬tant times and circumstances for their country, which can be called difficult, because they tried not to succumb to the ideological pressure: Arensky distanced himself from the new Russian nationalism of The Mighty Five, despite the fact that he greatly valued its musical achievements. Shostakovich, on the other hand, was subjected to pressure from the Stalinist regime, which was much more serious.
Both composers, however, tried to find their artistic path even in such unfavourable circumstances, fighting for the authenticity and truth of their output. Although a piano trio seems to be an ideologically "safe" genre, it is also in this music that they included their individual expression.
The piano trios are performed here by the Bellarti Trio (Agnieszka Panasiuk (piano), Anna Wandtke (violin), Pawel Panasiuk (cello)). The Bellarti Trio was formed in 2004 in London, whose members met during their studies at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music. They immediately realised that inspite of their different backgrounds they represented the same values in music making. Since then the trio has made regular performances and continuously broaden their repertoire.
Tracklisting
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Rafal Janiak, Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Lodz Grand Theatre
Milosz Maczynski
Kacper Nowa, Lukasz Krupinski
Joanna Morska-Osinska
Ewa Gawronska, Various Artists
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
