With his unusually uncompromising artistic attitude, Gidon Kremer is considered worldwide to be one of the most original and convincing artists of his generation. "Extraordinary and unpredictable" was how the press cheered the young pianist Georgijs Osokins after he won the International Chopin Competition in 2015. Gidon Kremer is one of the early supporters of the young Lithuanian and together with Giedre Dirvanauskaite, which has played an important role in the Kremerata Baltica for many years, they now present their first joint recording with piano trios by Beethoven and Chopin. It begins with Beethoven's "Triple Concerto" in the arrangement for piano trio by Carl Reinecke. Here, the equal cooperation of all three voices can be experienced in a purely chamber music version: Full concentration on the democracy set in music by Beethoven and a permanent role reversal between orchestral compactness and soloistic virtuosity. FrÃ©dÃ©ric Chopin's rarely performed G Minor Trio is one of the composer's early chamber music works and, remarkably, the only one with violin. It follows the sonata form but is a true musical drama in four acts - with a conciliatory yet melancholy ending, not least because of it's key of G minor.

Tracklist:

Triple Concerto In C Major, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Reinecke For Piano Trio): I. Allegro
Triple Concerto In C Major, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Reinecke For Piano Trio): II. Largo
Triple Concerto In C Major, Op. 56 (Arr. C. Reinecke For Piano Trio): III. Rondo Alla Polacca
Piano Trio In G Minor, Op. 8, B. 25: I. Allegro Con Fuoco
Piano Trio In G Minor, Op. 8, B. 25: II. Scherzo. Vivace
Piano Trio In G Minor, Op. 8, B. 25: III. Adagio. Sostenuto
Piano Trio In G Minor, Op. 8, B. 25: IV. Finale. Allegretto

UPC: 4260234832402
Label: Accentus
Release Date: 10.23.20
Format: CD

Beethoven / Kremer / Osokins - Piano Trios (CD)