[TR24][OF] Shostakovich / Шостакович & Arensky / Аренский - Piano Trios - Trio con Brio Copenhagen - 2021 (Classical)

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log date: 2022-10-16 12:22:00
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Analyzed: Trio con Brio Copenhagen / Shostakovich & Arensky: Piano Trios
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13      -1.02 dB   -20.37 dB     12:26 01-Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8 "Poème"
DR12      -1.68 dB   -19.05 dB     12:00 02-Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro moderato
DR14      -1.02 dB   -20.17 dB      5:35 03-Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
DR13      -5.65 dB   -24.05 dB      6:47 04-Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: III. Elegia. Adagio
DR12      -1.00 dB   -17.85 dB      5:35 05-Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo
DR13      -1.70 dB   -20.34 dB      8:04 06-Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: I. Andante
DR13      -1.00 dB   -16.33 dB      2:56 07-Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: II. Allegro con brio
DR15      -3.81 dB   -25.95 dB      5:17 08-Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: III. Largo
DR13      -1.00 dB   -18.53 dB     10:51 09-Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegretto
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2453 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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The two Russian composers featured on this album lived through turning points in their country’s history. Arensky died in 1906, the same year Shostakovich was born, and their output charts the trajectory of Russian and Soviet political and artistic history during those years. Arensky’s ardent Piano Trio No. 1 was written in 1894, when Russian Romanticism was at its peak. Inspired by young love, the 17-year-old Shostakovich wrote his Piano Trio No. 1 Poème in 1923 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), finding expression for strong personal emotions via a musical language influenced by film scores. Just over 20 years later, in 1944, Shostakovich wrote his Piano Trio No.2. By making use of Jewish music for the first time, he gave the greatest tragedies of the age a voice, while at the same time creating a music that displays an irrepressible spark of life.
Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.2 “has been one of the key works in our repertoire since the very beginning of our trio career,” the ensemble explains, noting that the wait to record it was an intentional artistic choice. “We have been waiting many years until we felt ready to make a recording that we feel respects the depths and many layers that this music has.
“For us the piano trio is somehow similar to a confession, a bitter description of a society and war without too much hope.” But through this music that conveys the depths of human emotions during times of great historical turmoil, Trio con Brio Copenhagen hopes to evoke something that can also inspire and uplift listeners today. “I think listening to these compositions hopefully can make us reflect and appreciate what we have.”