"Mighty Handful" Piano Trios on Naxos

[chriss]

Coming in March, looks intriguing. Vol. 3 of russian Piano Trios
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574114

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich
Piano Trio in C Minor (completed by M. Steinberg)
1.         I. Allegro 00:11:07
2.         II. Allegro 00:04:40
3.         III. Adagio 00:09:34
4.         IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro assai - Presto 00:15:18

Cui, César
À Argenteau, Op. 40: No. 2. Farniente (version for piano trio)
5.         À Argenteau, Op. 40: No. 2. Farniente (version for piano trio) 00:05:54

Borodin, Alexander Porfir'yevich
Piano Trio in D Major
6.         I. Allegro con brio 00:06:20
7.         II. Romance: Andante 00:08:07
8.         III. Intermezzo: Tempo di minuetto 00:07:20
      

[eschiss1]

Cui also wrote "duos" for flute, violin and piano (op.56) which I'd have personally preferred seeing as their main instrumentation is actually for 3 instruments, if not exactly for violin, cello and piano (and less recorded, I expect, than A l'argenteau.)

[chriss]

Is the Cui an original arrangement by the composer?

[eschiss1]

there -is- such an arrangement by the composer, uploaded to IMSLP. Whether it is the arrangement played on the Naxos CD, requires score-to-recording comparison?

[chriss]

Thanks, eschiss1. IMSLP is a great ressource for informations.

[Christopher]

Cui also wrote "duos" for flute, violin and piano (op.56) which I'd have personally preferred seeing as their main instrumentation is actually for 3 instruments, if not exactly for violin, cello and piano (and less recorded, I expect, than A l'argenteau.)

These have been recorded on a CD called "The Russian Flute" (Classico label), including also works by Grechaninov and Alexander Tcherepnin.

[chriss]

The second movement of the Cui was indeed arranged by the composer, arrangé par l'auteur:

[eschiss1]

Yes. Still, just as with a recent recording of Bach's cello suites arranged for piano (which was not in Raff's perfectly good arrangement), it might be in someone else's

[chriss]

Naxos announced Vol. 4 in the series. But this time not with music by the Mighty Handful

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574115

Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
Taneyev: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 22