Shostakovich/Tchaikovsky: Piano Trios
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Composer: Peter KiesewetterComposer: Recorded Sound
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Martha Argerich
Performer: Gidon Kremer
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-08-10
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- 1. Andante - Moderato - Poco pi? mosso
- 2. Allegro con brio
- 3. Largo
- 4. Allegretto - Adagio
- 1. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai - Allegro giusto - In tempo molto sostenuo - Adagio con duolo e b
- 2. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
- 2. Var. I.
- 2. Var. II: Pi? mosso
- 2. Var. III: Allegro moderato
- 2. Var. IV: L'istesso tempo (Allegro moderato)
- 2. Var. V: L'istesso tempo
- 2. Var. VI: Tempo di Valse
- 2. Var. VII: Allegro moderato
- 2. Var. VIII: Fuga (Allegro moderato)
- 2. Var. IX: Andante flebile, ma non tanto
- 2. Var. X: Tempo di Mazurka
- 2. Var. XI: Moderato
- 2. Variazione finale e Coda: Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco
- 2. [Coda] Andante con moto - Lugubre
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Free Music Review: The big meeting at the summit--and it disappoints
Hit: 2 Stars
"Every concert must be 'ewent.'" --Mstislav Rostropovich
What is it about "Event" concerts? Whether it's the Rolling Stones' latest reunion, Benny Goodman's Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert, or Bernstein at the Wall doing Beethoven's 9th, for some reason the assembly of Big Name talents playing Important Works frequently seems to disappoint. (There are some exceptions: the Modern Jazz Quartet's farewell concert; Horowitz's return to Moscow in 1986.) Still, we keep hoping the next encounter will strike fire and make the history that's expected. And it seems to me that a lot of listeners who are more interested in basking in that history rather than just listening with their ears wide open and their expectations in neutral always hear the results as "Incredible," "Magnificent," "The Greatest Recording of Anything ever!!"
That aside, I was really looking forward to this CD. I like all three musicians, though I do think Argerich is overrated sometimes and people respond more to her persona than anything else. But still, I figured her firey temperment was ideal for this music. The thing with Shostakovich that most people don't realize is, the structure is of paramount importance. (Think of all the rambling, incoherent readings of the Fifth Symphony out there.) As another reviewer here perceptively notes, the three musicians fall apart at the beginning and never really recover. This is a work of large structures, really, and they don't play it that way. Instead we get a series of unconnected episodes. And--and this is the oddest aspect of the performance I can't explain--despite all the flailing and banging away, they never really build up to a big, hair-raising finale. It's loud, it's harsh, but it sounds like sound and fury signifying nothing. Perhaps the best performance of the Shostakovich trio I've ever heard is by the Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson trio on Arabesque. This two-for-the-price-of-one set features searing performances of several other DSCH chamber works, major and minor, in excellent sound. And some of the other music in this set is not often heard and is positively bizarre (in a good way). This set certainly will not disappoint, and Amazon sells it, though for some reason they won't let me post a direct link here. Another fine performance of the DSCH Op. 67 trio is Kagan/Gutman/Richter, who, quite frankly, are worth hearing in practically anything anyway.
As for the Tchaikovsky, I really don't have many other examples to go on, but this one I just found boring and plodding. (Anyone with suggestions for good performances of the Tchaikovsky work feel free to email me...I'd appreciate it.)
Shostakovich/Tchaikovsky: Piano Trios Poster
Although these musicians have previously played together in duos, you aren't likely to hear the trio of Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, and Mischa Maisky every day. The friends have attempted to perform as a threesome for decades, but it took sheer luck, and a few 1998 dates in Japan, to find the acclaimed pianist, violinist, and cellist onstage together. Recorded as a tribute to Reinhard Paulsen, the late manager of Argerich and Kremer, this disc features two of chamber music's darkest pieces: Shostakovich's op.?67 and Tchaikovsky's op.?50 for piano and strings. Both composers wrote these works as elegies, and the effect of the pairing is riveting; the Shostakovich is bleak and occasionally violent (the use of Jewish melodies makes this as much a remembrance of the Holocaust as of any individual), while Tchaikovsky's epic, nearly 50-minute piece requires more patience but is even more expansive. Though the musicians haven't performed these pieces before, they have an intuitive grasp of the music--Kremer seems meant for these lyrical, personal violin passages, and Argerich is ready to unleash her fury at a moment's notice. Sonically, Maisky's cello is slightly obscured by his powerhouse peers, but he serves as a sobering backbone to these compositions. The very short tango by contemporary Peter Kiesewetter acts as an encore, a two-minute reminder that these friends know how to have fun too. --Jason VerlindeClassical Music CDs
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