Bohuslav Martinů: The Piano Trios (Remastered) Kinsky Trio Prague

• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959): Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, H. 327:
• 1 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, H. 327: I. Allegro moderato 04:50
• 2 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, H. 327: II. Adagio 06:16
• 3 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, H. 327: III. Allegro 05:05
• Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275:
• 4 Martinů: Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275: I. Poco allegro - Trio poco meno mosso 04:24
• 5 Martinů: Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275: II. Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso 04:11
• 6 Martinů: Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275: III. Andantino - Moderato 04:30
• 7 Martinů: Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275: IV. Allegro 02:26
• 8 Martinů: Bergerettes for Piano Trio, H. 275: V. Moderato - Trio (poco allegretto) 06:07
• Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, H. 332:
• 9 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, H. 332: I. Allegro moderato 07:16
• 10 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, H. 332: II. Andante 05:10
• 11 Martinů: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, H. 332: III. Allegro 06:42
• Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193:
• 12 Martinů: Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193: I. Allegro moderato 01:45
• 13 Martinů: Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193: II. Adagio 02:43
• 14 Martinů: Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193: III. Allegro 01:33
• 15 Martinů: Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193: IV. Allegro moderato 01:48
• 16 Martinů: Cinq pièces brèves, Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193: V. Allegro con brio 02:32
• Total Runtime 01:07:18

Info for Bohuslav Martinů: The Piano Trios (Remastered)

Martinů wrote no less than ten scores for trio with keyboard, including four in the classic formation of piano, violin and cello, spread out between 1930 and 1951. The Cinq pièces brèves resuscitate a polymelodicism worthy of a Renaissance instrumental madrigal, whereas the charming Bergerettes make up a modest pastorale of French and Czech origin in the spirit of the cantata Kytice. The Trio No. 2 pays homage to Fauré, whereas the last Trio No. 3 prefigures the expressive power of the Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6), sketched out beginning in May 1951 in New York. The Kinsky Trio is the heir to the famed Czech chamber groups, from the Suk Trio, Vlach Quartet and ensembles still active, such as the Guarneri Trio Prague, Kocian, Pražák and Zemlinsky quartets… international representatives of the present-day Central European school.

"The Kinsky Trio Prague performs these works idiomatically, with musical accuracy and effusive exuberance. The sound raises an excellent recording to one of demonstration quality. Its depth, presence, and balance establishes a benchmark for piano trio recordings. Don’t miss this one!" (Robert Moon, Audiophile Audition)

Kinsky Trio Prague

Kinsky Trio Prague
Founded in 1998, the Kinsky Trio Prague is one of the outstanding Czech chamber ensembles. Since 2004 the Trio has had the honour of bearing the name ‘KINSKY’ by kind permission of the aristocratic Czech family from Kostelec nad Orlicí. The Trio studied at the Academy of Music in Prague under Václav Bernášek, cellist of the Kocian Quartet, has taken part in several master classes (e.g. with the Guarneri Trio and the Florestan Trio).

The Kinsky’s international career has taken them all over Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, England, France, Lichtenstein), the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and also the Seychelles. They regularly record for Czech Radio, and their concerts have also been broadcast in Mexico and the U.S. In 2007-2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague organized its own series of chamber concerts at the Stone Bell House, an historic inn on the Old Town Square in their home city of Prague.

Since 2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague regularly record CDs for the French label Praga Digitals (distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Their recording of complete piano trios by Bohuslav Martinů has been warmly recommended by international music critics (Diapason, Gramophone, Classica, Harmonie, etc.). The other CDs include compositions by Czech composers Foerster, Novák, Janáček and Fibich, and less known Russian trios by Borodin, Rimsky Korsakov and Arensky.

Kinsky Trio Prague organizes every summer a chamber music course “Pellegrina with the Kinsky Trio & Friends” for musicians from all over the world.

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