Search - Franz Berwald, Ilona Prunyi :: Berwald: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3

Perfect playing of Berwald piano trios

R. Rockwell | Brooklyn, NY USA | 08/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Please see my reviews of other Naxos Berwald chamber music including the second volume of the piano trios by the same team.

Berwald's piano trio number one is his best in the genre achieving an almost perfect balance between the instruments and creating one of the most beautiful trios in the history of music. From start to finish some of the most hauntingly beautiful music I have ever heard

The second trio (of six total) was the only one that seemed not to be successful. It seemed amateurishand did not hold one's interest

THe third trio returns to form laden in Romantic intensity, filled with quirky themes and original rhythms that make his best work so enjoyable--and memorable.



As I stated in my other reviews Berwald's chamber music really belongs in the collections of all classical music lovers. His trios, as a whole are second only to Beethoven's.

Please exuse typos i have a neurologic disease."