{"id":3248,"date":"2012-04-24T07:33:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T12:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2012-04-24T07:33:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T12:33:32","slug":"cd-reviews-high-definition-schubert-chamber-music-and-russian-symphonists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/04\/24\/cd-reviews-high-definition-schubert-chamber-music-and-russian-symphonists\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Reviews: High-definition Schubert chamber music and Russian symphonists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Livia Sohn, Bernadene Blaha and Luigi Piovano are Latitude 41 Trio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LATITUDE 41 TRIO<\/strong>
\nSchubert Piano Trio Op. 100 & Notturno (Eloquentia)<\/em><\/p>\n

If anyone needed confirmation of how global the classical music world is, here’s a French-issued CD that was recorded at the Banff Centre by a piano trio made up of Korean-American violinist Livia Sohn (who also happens to be the wife of Canadian Geoff Nutall), Italian cellist Luigi Piovano and Canadian pianist Bernadene Blaha.<\/p>\n

What really matters is that these three occasional collaborators as Latitude 41 Trio make some very fine music together in this all-Schubert album.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Both the E-flat Major Piano Trio<\/em>, D929, and the single-movement Adagio in the same key (probably originally intended as a slow movement for another trio), known as Notturno<\/em> (D897), date from Schubert’s superhumanly productive penultimate year, 1827.<\/p>\n

The Latitude Trio approaches the music in a clear, straightforward way, giving the music sparkle and momentum. They keep the “con moto” in the Trio<\/em>‘s haunted second movement. The musical ideas are clearly presented and the three instruments keep a beautiful balance throughout. Blaha’s fairy-dust touch on the piano is a pleasure to behold.<\/p>\n

This is all about Schubert weighted in favour of the Classical, rather than the Romantic side.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, simplicity is the hardest thing of all to achieve, in music or anything else.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link to the Eloquentia website<\/a>, which is in French only.<\/p>\n

VALERY GERGIEV\/LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<\/strong>
\nRachmaninov Symphonic Dances (LSO Live)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Russian superstar conductor Valery Gergiev pulls off a remarkable rapprochement between Sergei Rachmaninov and Igor Stravinsky, two composers born only nine years apart, yet representing completely different musical worlds.<\/p>\n

This live-concert recording of the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre pulses with barely contained energy, thanks to their charismatic principal conductor.<\/p>\n

The opening section of Rachmaninov\u2019s 1940 Symphonic Dances<\/em> \u2013 the last big piece of music he wrote — rattles with the primal thrust of Stravinsky\u2019s Rite of Spring<\/em>. The middle movement of Stravinsky\u2019s Symphony in Three Movements<\/em>, which had its premiere in 1946, has the clarity and elegance of a Rachmaninov piano prelude.<\/p>\n

The two pieces make a brilliant pairing, excellently played, that should satisfy those listeners who like Rachmaninov\u2019s late-Romantic sensibility as well as the more Modernist-minded lovers of Stravinsky\u2019s music. There isn\u2019t a dull note to be heard, although it would\u2019ve been nice to hear these big pieces recorded in a more ample-sounding hall.<\/p>\n

For all the details as well as some audio samples from this release, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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