Schubert: Trio Opus 100, Sonatensatz & Notturno
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Schubert: Trio Opus 100, Sonatensatz & Notturno
Label Catalogue Number:
Alpha632
Alpha632
Running Time: 65:44
Release Date: October 2020
Originally recorded in 2019
Genre:
Romantic
Romantic
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After its recording of Dvorák’s complete chamber music with piano, the Busch Trio now tackles three works by Franz Schubert, including his famous Piano Trio no.2. While the dying composer dedicated this masterpiece ‘to nobody, save those who find pleasure in it’, as if urging them to enjoy the life that was gradually ebbing away from him, his "Notturno" for piano trio D897 expresses an anguish and a sense of tragedy that makes it one of the most eloquent examples of Romantic lyricism. Schubert’s early period is represented by his very first piece for piano and strings, the single-movement Sonatensatz D28, which he composed at the age of fifteen. Written following the youthful Schubert’s expulsion from the Imperial Choir School in Vienna after his voice broke (he lost his mother the same year), this piece, still heavily influenced by Classicism, offers a troubling counterpoint to the works of his Romantic maturity, which reflect both the joy of creation and the suffering wrought by illness.
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Reviews
“… the Busch Trio, while they play on modern instruments, bring us closer to the intimacy and emotional norms of Schubert’s world.”
Raymond Tuttle - Fanfare - May/June 2021
"... the major works here are given absolutely inspiring performances. Strongly recommended."
Huntley Dent – Fanfare – March/April 2021
***** Coup de Cœur
Fabienne Bouvet – Classica magazine (France) – February 2021
“…The Busch Trio with Mathieu van Bellen, violin, Ori Epstein, cello and Omri Epstein, piano, plays these two works [piano trios D. 28 & D. 929] with a certain optimism and dynamism. The propulsive, communicative playing of the three musicians really brings Schubert’s E-flat major trio to life … Above all, the musicians focus on the quality of the music and thus present Schubert as a legitimate successor to Beethoven. The interpretation of the Sonata Movement D. 28, which could possibly have been the slow movement of a planned 3rd piano trio, is also flawless. Here, too, the Buschs inspire with expressive performance and beguilingly beautiful playing. Schubert’s Notturno D. 897 concludes this CD at the very highest level.” *****
Alain Steffen – Pizzicato.lu – 22 December 2020
Expressive and well-balanced playing relishes Schubert’s optimistic side
“… Violinist Mathieu van Bellen (who plays the ‘Adolf Busch’ Guadagnini of 1783) and cellist Ori Epstein (on an 1815 Ceruti) match their sound to a remarkable degree, achieving a combined clarity, gently vibratoed purity and athletic poise that integrate perfectly with the piano. Captured in well-balanced, truthful sound, free of artificial reverberation, the two fillers tantalisingly suggest a composer looking forward to even greater things – sadly, in the case of the Notturno, destined never to be fulfilled.”
Julian Haylock – The Strad.com – 26 November 2020
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