Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1; Dvorák: Dumky Trio

Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Beaux Arts Trio (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Beaux Arts Trio
• Composer: Antonin Dvorak, Felix [1] Mendelssohn
• Audio CD (September 14, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Classics
• ASIN: B0002VENP0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,107 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: I. Molto allegro ed agitato

2. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: II. Andante con molto tranquillo

3. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace

4. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

5. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): I. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I - Allegr

6. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): II. Poco adagio - Vivace non troppo

7. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): III. Andante - Vivace non troppo - Andante - Allegretto

8. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): IV. Andante moderato (quasi tempo di marcia) - Allegretto scherzando - Meno m

9. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): V. Allegro

10. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ('Dumky'), B. 166 (Op. 90): VI. Lento maestoso - Vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Lento - Vivace

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Beaux Arts: Fifty Years Old and Still Going Strong, April 22, 2005

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1; Dvorák: Dumky Trio (Audio CD)

The Beaux Arts Trio, certainly the most distinguished American piano trio ever, was formed in 1955. During all that time pianist Menahem Pressler has been the pianist, and what a pianist he has been; the string players have come and gone (although violinist Daniel Guilet and cellist Bernard Greenhouse were very long-time members) and yet Pressler remains. He is now in his 82nd year and if anything is playing better than ever. His relatively new partners are violinist Daniel Hope and cellist Antonio Meneses, each with distinguished careers prior to joining the Beaux Arts. Their immediate predecessors, if memory serves, were violinist Young-Uck Kim and cellist Peter Wiley. The Beaux Arts had previously recorded both these trios and beautifully, but these new recordings have a brio and drama somewhat lacking not only in their earlier recording but also in most recordings by other groups. Of course these standard trios - the Dvorák 'Dumky' and the Mendelssohn D Minor - are thrice familiar to chamber-music enthusiasts. I can't count how many times I've heard each of them in concert and on record. But these performances have something new to say, amazingly enough. The primary adjective I'd apply is 'dramatic' or perhaps 'primal.' It is easy to play particularly the Mendelssohn as if it came out of a music box. Not so here. This is sweeping, dramatic music in the Beaux Arts' hands. And the 'Dumky,' with its Slavic melancholy also has a raw edge to it that really adds quite a bit to the overall effect.

I would recommend these performances to newcomers and veteran music-lovers alike. They are keepers.

TT=67 mins.

Scott Morrison

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful disc, May 17, 2008

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Ray Barnes (Surrey, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1; Dvorák: Dumky Trio (Audio CD)

In the Beaux Arts Trio's farewell performance in Vancouver BC on April 15, 2008, their final encore was from the Dumky Trio. It seems this ensemble has this music in their blood, and play it almost as if they has written it themselves.

Both trios on this CD, I believe the first release of the Trio in its current (and final) form, are played impeccably. I found the Dvorak having a distinctly positive rhythmic lift, not unlike his symphonies and orchestral tone-poems. The sound is very good, and the notes are well written. Like their Shostakovich disc, this one is first class.