Piano Trio in a Minor 50

Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op. 50 is possibly the greatest Russian piano trio, and one his finest and most emotional works. It was written "In the memory of a great Artist", Nikolai Rubinstein. The trio, of immense scope and impact, consists of two movements, a Sonata-form first movement and a Theme and variations. The moods swing from the heroic, the elegant and charming to the elegiac and eventually to the darkest gloom. o Rachmaninov's Trio Elégiaque in G minor is the "small" piano trio, a one

movement work of great beauty and drama. This new recording is by three international soloists: Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Alexander Kniazev (cello) and Klára Würtz (piano). They do full justice to the emotional impact of this music, their red hot playing is full of intense drama, passion and spontaneity. The excellent liner notes are by David Moncur.