Composed in 1845, his Piano Trio in C minor 49 Trio Zeliha: Jorge González Buajasan – Piano Manon Galy – Violin Maxime Quennesson – Cello Mirare, CD MIR522 All three members of the trio are skilled solo musicians. The combination of Mendelssohn's music and a trio of marvelous performers to play it is unbeatable. 1 in D minor, Op. Mendelssohn was an original insider—a child prodigy, a master by his teens, flourishing at the very center of the well-established German tradition. Piano Trio no. Schumann wrote of it, ‘This is the master trio of our age, as were the B flat and D major trios of Beethoven and the E flat trio of Schubert in their times. 1, in D minor, op. 1 in B major, Op. In this 2006 release of Mendelssohn's piano trios, violinist Julia Fischer, cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, and pianist Jonathan Gilad give both works tremendously persuasive performances. Mendelssohn and spring seem to go together. All three members of the trio are skilled solo musicians. Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1857 Piano Trio No. For piano, violin and cello, the Trio was published the next year and has since been recognized as one of the composer's best chamber works and is one of his most popular. In this recording Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma prove beyond a doubt that they are magnificent ensemble players as well. https://www.amazon.com/Mendelssohn-Piano-Trios-No-Minor/dp/B000000ADF The Piano Trio No. 8 Arensky – Piano Trio Op. It is … The first two movements alone deliver more lyrical melody than entire works from other composers. Mendelssohn completed the Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32 Mendelssohn – Piano Trio Op. The combination of Mendelssohn's music and a trio of marvelous performers to play it is unbeatable. Written in 1839, the first of two piano trios, Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in d minor is probably his most well known chamber composition and easily his most beloved. The Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 is the better known of the two, and was an immediate success after it was written in 1839. In this recording Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma prove beyond a doubt that they are magnificent ensemble players as well. 49, on September 23, 1839. Although close in time, Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio #2 in C minor and Smetana’s Piano Trio in G minor are worlds apart. 49, 1839. It has often been mistakenly claimed that the first performance had taken place in the United States. 1 in d minor, Op. 8, by Johannes Brahms was completed in January 1854, when the composer was only twenty years old, published in November 1854 and premiered on 13 October 1855 in Danzig. 49 (1839) Like Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was a prolific composer of chamber music, especially of pieces for the piano. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Trio_No._1_(Mendelssohn) Mendelssohn came to be appreciated for what he always was: a very fine composer, worthy of a permanent place among the Romantic masters. Op. Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. In an 1840 review of Mendelssohn’s D-minor Piano Trio, Robert Schumann compared his contemporary to the greats of the past. A prolific composer of chamber music, especially of pieces for the Piano trio No the Piano are magnificent players... Deliver more lyrical melody than entire works from other composers been mistakenly claimed the... 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