Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

Trio Solisti was recently called “the most exciting trio in America” by The New Yorker, and on these recordings gives ample evidence for the encomium. Tchaikovsky's only piano trio was written in the shadow of Nikolai Rubenstein's death. Rubenstein was the founder of the Moscow Conservatory and Tchaikovsky's close friend. Tchaikovsky composed the formidable piano part as a tribute, and dedicated the score Á la mémoire d'un grand artiste. Following Tchaikovsky's death in 1893, Rachmaninoff set out to memorialize the great master through his own Trio élégiaque, eventually published as op. 9, and bearing the same dedication as Tchaikovsky's trio. Rachmaninoff's single-movement G minor trio was written two years before his D minor trio, though it was not published until 1947, a few years after his death.

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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
I. Pezzo Elegiaco
 
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Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
I. Moderato - Allegro vivace - Meno mosso - Allegro moderato - Piu vivo - Maestoso - Allegro moderato - Presto - Meno mosso - Allegro molto - Andante - Moderato - Piu mosso - Meno mosso - Allegro mode
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
II. Tema con variazioni: Tema (Andante con moto)
 
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Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
II. Quasi Variazione: Andante - Allegro - Lento - Allegro scherzando - Moderato - L'istesso tempo - Allegro vivace - Andante - Moderato
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione I
 
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Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
III. Allegro Risoluto - Allegro molto - Temp rubato - Moderato - Piu vivo - Meno mosso - Moderato
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione II Più mosso
 
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Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Lento Lugubre
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione III Allegro moderato
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione IV L'istesso tempo
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione V L'istesso tempo
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione VI Tempo di Valse
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione VII Allegro moderato
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione VIII Fuga (Allegro moderato)
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione VIII Fuga (Allegro moderato)
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione X Tempo di Mazurka
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione XI Moderato
 
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Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Variazione Finale e Coda: Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco Andante con moto
 
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