Release Date: 18 October 2019
Label: La Boite A Musique
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5410939759026
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Weinberg 1945
Description
Trio Khnopff present their debut album of works by Polish born Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, including the world premiere recording of Two Songs without Words.
Weinberg's Trio was one of the first big pieces Trio Khnopff played together, and it has remained a unanimous favourite for them. The huge emotional spectrum, the quality and originality of the writing, the instrumental challenge, the composer himself (a young man facing the greatest personal and societal challenges) – this all comes together in his Trio to create a work that resonates deeply with the artists and that has been something of a constant companion.
The idea of dedicating the Khnopff Trio's first album to Weinberg, and more precisely to the pivotal time around 1945, felt like a natural one. His works from this time are extremely diverse: the Trio is monumental in breadth and emotional impact; the cello sonata seems to quote the entire history of music in twenty minutes (from the baroque to the jazz age!); the Songs Without Words and sincere and beautiful in their simplicity; and the Rhapsody showcases Weinberg's instrumental inventiveness by way of great violinistic virtuosity.
Artists
Trio Khnopff
Sadie Fields - Violin
Stéphanie Salmin - Piano
Romain Dhainaut - Celo
CRTICIAL ACCLAIM
"...the performance...has real edge and encompasses the Trio's troubled emotional trajectory, from the anguished declamatory recitatives of the 'Poem' to the brutal war machine of the 'Toccata' and the relentless fugal episode in the Finale, with devastating impact." Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice *****/*****
Tracklisting
Stéphane De May
Jean-Pierre Van Hees & Luc Ponet
European Comm.choir
Matthieu Idmtal
Spanoghe/van Landeghem
Schott
Kikuchi
Patrick Deltenre, Ivan Paduart
Renata Duarte; Aline Zylberajch; Annabelle Luis; Ricardo Rapoport
ADELE BITTER, HOLGER GROSCHOPP, MISCHA MEYER
Marc Coppey
Juliette Hurel; Les Suprises; Louis-Noel Bestion De Camboulas
Pascal Schmidt; Anne Van Den Bossche
Gian Andrea Guerra; Nocla Brovelli; Matteo Cicchitti; Luigi Accardo
Gaetano Nasillo Cello
Utrecht String Quartet, Ilona Timcenko
