Catalogue

Summary:

“This is a very mature sound I find from this trio, and I love the pacing of the space that they give to each phrase. They drive right to the end with momentum and control … we’re tumbling forward … and just heading towards some amazing bright light. It’s a fantastic arrival” – BBC Radio 3 Building a Library top recommendation (Schumann: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor)

“These are recordings of evergreen freshness that meld power and musical intelligence. The discography for this repertoire is smaller than one might think, and while the Borodin Trio’s accounts tower, the Horszowski Trio offers a winning combination of youthful energy and artistic maturity” – International Piano

“impressive, lithe, persuasive” – The New York Times

“the most compelling American group to come on the scene” – The New Yorker

“a highly accomplished group … I long to hear more” – Gramophone

The Horszowski Trio debuts on AVIE with the complete piano trios by Robert Schumann, music that the ensemble is as passionate about as the composer’s Romantic works exude. Schumann’s works for piano trio were written within a decade of each other yet represent three distinct periods in the composer’s life, the emotional span of the four works reflected in Schumann’s all-too-short 46-year life span.

Years of friendship have sealed a deep bond between the members of the Horszowski Trio, which in turn has led to performances of exhilarating expressive freedom. Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills first performed with Raman Ramakrishnan, founding cellist of the award-winning Daedalus Quartet, when they were children at the Vermont-based Kinhaven Music School. Years later they met pianist Rieko Aizawa who was the last student of the trio’s namesake, the late, legendary pianist, Mieczysław Horszowski.

Since their debut in 2011 at New York City’s Rockefeller University, the Horszowski Trio has performed throughout North America, Asia and India.

Based in New York City, the Horszowski Trio is Artist-in-Residence at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Tracklist:

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)

CD 1

Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63 (30:36)
1. I. Mit Energie und Leidenschaft (12:15)
2. II. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch (4:52)
3. III. Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung (5:41)
4. IV. Mit Feuer (7:48)

Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80 (26:54)
5. I. Sehr lebhaft (7:33)
6. II. Mit innigem Ausdruck (8:37)
7. III. In mäßiger Bewegung (5:29)
8. IV. Nicht zu rasch (5:15)

Total time CD 1: 57:30

CD 2

Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110 (26:48)
1. I. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch (9:28)
2. II. Ziemlich langsam (5:45)
3. III. Rasch (4:19)
4. IV. Kraftig, mit Humor (7:17)

Phantasiestücke in A Minor for Piano Trio, Op. 88 (18:45)
5. I. Romanze Nicht schnell, mit innigem Ausdruck (2:38)
6. II. Humoreske Lebhaft (7:22)
7. III. Duett Langsam und mit Ausdruck (3:16)
8. IV. Finale Im Marsch-Tempo (5:28)

Total time CD 2: 45:33

Produced and engineered by Judith Sherman
Engineering and editing assistant: Jeanne Velonis
Recorded December 6-9, 2017, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Steinway technician: Michael Talley