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Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trios by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Others
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andantino Piu Tosto Allegretto
3. III. Vivace Assai
4. I. Allegro Moderato
5. II. Scherzo: Allegro
6. III. Andante Cantabile, Ma Poco Con Moto
7. IV. Allegro Moderato
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. I. Andante - Presto
2. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
3. III. Presto
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Andante
6. III. Allegretto
7. I. Allegro Assai
8. II. Adagio
9. III. Rondo (Tempo Di Menuetto)
10. I. Allegro Moderato
11. II. Scherzo (Allegro Ma Non Troppo)
12. III. Rondo (Allegretto)
Track Listings (6) - Disc #3
1. I. Pezzo Elegiaco
2. II. Tema Con Variazioni
3. I. Allegro Vivace
4. II. Andante
5. III. Scherzo: Allegro
6. IV. Allegro
Track Listings (11) - Disc #4
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andantino Piu Tosto Allegretto
3. III. Vivace Assai
4. I. Mit Energie Und Leidenschaft
5. II. Lebhaft, Dochnichtzu Rasch
6. III. Langsam, Mit Inniger Empfindung
7. IV. Mit Feuer
8. I. Andante
9. II. Allegro Non Troppo
10. III. Largo
11. IV. Allegretto
Track Listings (11) - Disc #5
1. I. Allegro Con Brio
2. II. Andante
3. III. Intermezzo
4. I. Allegro Molto Moderato - Mstislav Rostropovich
5. II. Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich
6. III. Adagio - Mstislav Rostropovich
7. IV. Allegro Molto - Mstislav Rostropovich
8. I. Andante; Poco Piu Animato - Mstislav Rostropovich
9. II. Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich
10. III. Adagio Mesto - Mstislav Rostropovich
11. IV. Allegro Con Brio - Mstislav Rostropovich

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CD Details

All Artists: Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Camille Saint-Saens, Robert Schumann, Dmitry Shostakovich, Alexander Borodin, Gabriel Faure, Johannes Brahms, Emil Gilels
Title: Piano Trios by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Others
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Doremi Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 8/7/2007
Album Type: Box set
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 723721311353

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Album Description

Emil Gilels (1916-1985) could summon thunderous waves of sound from the keyboard, but was equally capable of melting tenderness and delicate nuance. This extraordinary box set brings together live chamber music performances made in Moscow and London from 1951 to 1959 with Gilels and other world-famous artists. Violinist Leonid Kogan, violist Rudolf Barshai, and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich were all among the greatest instrumentalists of their era, and their collaboration in these rare live recordings make this set indispensable to any collector.

CD Reviews

Wonderful Interpretations of the Great Piano Trios

V. Stasov | 12/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This set is terrific. But check out the vast discrepancy in the prices! A difference of nearly $100!

The Faure is especially beautiful, as is the Saint Saens. A brilliant meeting of artists, but don't pay too much for it! It's not necessary to pay over $100 if you just look around. I paid a little over $11 for the set - brand new."

Soviet musicianship at its height -- a must-listen

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 02/13/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Between 1949 and 1959, when the group disbanded for personal reasons, the piano trio formed by gileles, Kogan, and Rostropovich was arguably the greatest in the world. Soviet music operated through a savage meritocracy, systematically promoting the best musicians and giving them all the perks of a state-controlled hierarchy. The horrors of the Soviet regime are unmentionable, but in our tight little world of classical recordings, it's wonderful to have 5 CDs of live and studio performances of a wide range of masterpieces.

The dedicated and totally admirable reissue label DOREMI specializes in preserving many Soviet-era artists, including a lengthy archive devoted to Sviatoslav Richter. As we old-timers know, the original LPs released by Melodiya, the official state label, are hugely variable, and 24-bit remastering goes only so far. Happily, quite a few of these early monos, most of them between 1950 and 1955, sound perfectly fine. They tend to be clear, very closely miked, and dry, thanks to small, confined studios, but hiss is gone, along with most of the inner-groove distortion. One session from Feb. 1959 occurred in London; it includes the Shostakovich Piano Trio #2 and the Brahms Horn Trio. Violist Rudolf Barshai joins the group for the Faure Piano Quartet #1, and Gilels performs the Borodin Piano Trio with members of the famed Beethoven Quartet in place of his regular partners.

I won't go into detail about thirteen works offered here, except to say that anyone who loves chamber music playing at its best need not fear the specter of Soviet sonics. Assuming that monaural recording isn't a hindrance, this is a great set, and the price on the used market remains more than reasonable."