Schönberg – Zemlinsky – Mahler
“Verklärte Nacht” op. 4, Schönberg
“Pianotrio op. 3”, Zemlinsky
“Pianoquartett” Mahler (with Johannes Flieder, viola)
MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm) MDG 342 1354-2
Antonín Dvorák
Complete Piano Trios Vol.II
Piano Trio in g-minor op. 26
„Dumky“ op. 90 (Cello : Mattthias Gredler)
MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm) MDG 342 1262-2
Antonín Dvorák
Complete Piano Trios Vol.I
Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 21
Piano Trio in f-minor op. 65
für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm) - MDG 342 1261-2
"Zwei aus tiefer Kenntnis der Werke und ihres Komponisten erwachsene Interpretationen, die jedem der beiden Trios ihr eigenes Gesicht lassen und die Messlatte für den zweiten Teil der Einspielung hoch legen."
Interpretation:***** (Fünf Sterne)
Christoph Runge, Fono Forum, September 2004
Franz Schubert
Complete Piano Trios Vol.II
Piano Trio in B-flat major D 898
Adagio D 897 "Notturno"
Sonata D 28
MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm) MDG 342 1167-2
"When I want to hear the B flat Trio, this fresh, intensely poetic Viennese performance will now be first off the shelves."
Richard Wigmore, BBC Music Magazine
Benchmark Recording
Franz Schubert
Complete Piano Trios Vol.I
Trio in E-flat major D.929 , op.100
(finale in both versions)
MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm) MDG 342 1166-2
"Die Interpretation lässt kaum mehr Wünsche offen, sie muss zu den subtilsten Darstellungen des Werkes überhaupt gezählt werden."
Interpretation ***** (Fünf Sterne)
Fono Forum (Juli 2003)
Antonín Dvorák
Piano Trios Op.21, Op.90 'Dumky' Marcus Trefny, 'cello
NIMBUS-production
"The Vienna Piano Trio is deeply attuned to the style....they have a Viennese willingness to indulge in sentiment, a rapport that makes the performance feel like a conversation among friends, and a high level of technical precision... they make the moody, folk-flavored 'Dumky' an almost transcendent experience."
Washington Post Sunday
Beethoven
Piano Trios Op. 1, No. 1; WoO 39 Op. 11 'Gassenhauer' (Marcus Trefny, cello)
NIMBUS-production
"But it is their youthful relish of the music's own joie de vivre that I remember most - not forgetting the passing snaps and growls of the E flat Trio's Scherzo and the racy teasing of the variations concluding the so-called 'Gassenhauer' Trio, Op. 11 - here not a shade less piquant with violin instead of the original clarinet."
Joan Chisell, Gramophone
Haydn
Piano Trios Hob.XV: Nos. 18, 24, 29 & 25 'Gypsy' (Marcus Trefny, 'cello)
NIMBUS-production
"Among countless other delights in these bold and addictive performances is the sensitivity to the power of silence, and the short, hushed half-tones within the long-breathed lines of the Andante of the A major Trio. And, not least, the perceptive understanding and judgement of the shifting qualities of an Allegro which so well supports the structure of the outer movements of the D major, as well as enabling many a clearly articulated yet fanciful variation in the Gipsy Trio."
Hilary Finch, Gramophone
Mendelssohn
The Piano Trios (Marcus Trefny, 'cello)
NIMBUS production
"Energy bubbles from the outer movements of the first of Mendelssohn's two trios: it is amassed gradually and cumulatively through biting articulation, springing piano playing and a meticulous balance of voices. Stefan Mendl brings clarity and ever-changing light to the long central song without words, and Wolfgang Redik's violin makes this a midsummer night's dream of a Scherzo. Three stars."
Hilary Finch, The Times
Shostakovich, Schnittke
The Piano Trios (Marcus Trefny, 'cello)
NIMBUS-production
"These beautiful performances should revive even the most jaded listening palate ... one of the finest new chamber discs to come my way thus far this year. Outstanding in every regard."
BBC Music Magazine (on NI 5508, Beethoven Piano Trios)
Mozart
Piano Trios K.502, 542 & 548 (Marcus Trefny, 'cello)
NIMBUS-production
"A model of Viennese style: silken string tone, almost telepathic rapport amongst the players, tantalising little variations of tempo, subtle shifts in dynamics... they worked together in the true spirit of chamber music, subtly taking and yielding the spotlight as the moment demanded". Thus wrote 'The Washington Post' about the Vienna Piano Trio in words which could equally describe the three masterpieces on this disc. In Mozart's music the Viennese have a unique empathy and in the Vienna Piano Trio we present the best that the city has to offer.
Beethoven
Piano Trios Op.1, Nos.2 & 3 (Marcus Trefny, 'cello)
NIMBUS-production
"These beautiful performances should revive even the most jaded listening palate and silence those nay-sayers who continually bang on about the forlorn state of today's record industry, one of the finest new chamber discs to come my way thus far this year. Outstanding in every regard".
BBC Music Magazine on Vienna Piano Trio, Beethoven Piano Trios Op.1, Op.11
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