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Title: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: eschiss1 on Thursday 03 December 2020, 20:13
Expected in January. (https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574113)
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 03 December 2020, 20:31
Details:

Piano Trio in A Major (1895)
I. Allegro con brio (6:42)
II. Intermezzo: Tempo di menuetto (5:26)
III. Rêverie élégiaque: Andante molto cantabile (3:34)
IV. Finale: Allegro moderato - Poco più tranquillo - Maestoso - Quasi marcia funebra (7:21)
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Jonathan on Saturday 05 December 2020, 08:25
I'll be keeping an ear open for this one, hope it is as good as his piano concerto.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 14 December 2020, 14:48
Amazon lists an earlier recording of this coupling (also the "Brahms Trio", different timings in the Pabst so presumably different recording...) which they date to 2002 or 2007 (already available for streaming and purchase), I see, so it's not quite a world premiere. I did think it was, though.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Mark Thomas on Monday 14 December 2020, 17:24
The recordings on the Naxos CD date from 2017 (Tchaikovsky) and 2018 (Pabst). It's definitely a new recording, albeit from the same performers as the earlier release.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 14 December 2020, 17:36
I have a temporary Amazon Music account (edit.) courtesy of a new computer, will have a listen to the older recording at least so as to hear what the work sounds like :) (I thought the trio was on IMSLP for sure but I see it is not :) )
(Oh, yes it is. It's the work titled "A la mémoire de Antoine Rubinstein", not Piano Trio. Ah-hah!)
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Mark Thomas on Monday 14 December 2020, 20:33
The older performance can also be streamed on Spotify.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Mark Thomas on Thursday 17 December 2020, 22:31
The sound on the first recording isn't great - rather distant and echoey. I'm sure that the new Naxos recording will improve on that.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 17 June 2021, 11:33
If you want a full-on romantic piano trio, choc full of melody, charm, passion and incident, Pabst's your man. A lovely creation.
Title: Re: Pabst Piano Trio on Naxos
Post by: Rainolf on Thursday 17 June 2021, 11:47
Yes, a beautiful work and a fine performance! The Russian Piano Trio series of the Brahms Trio can warmly be recommended in general.