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Gems from the Belgian Treasure Trove - Piano...

A common denominator to the three piano trios on this Phaedra Classics album is each composer’s passionate commitment to the principles of the Romantic era. The composers represented, François Rasse (1873-1955), Joseph Ryelandt (1870-1965) and Victor Vreuls (1876-1944) were all born in...

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Atostrio: The French Album - Chaminade; Fran...

Award winning German trio Atos Trio perform on this excellent Farao Classics release titled The French Album. Four works for piano trio make up the program, ranging from the seldom-heard Chaminade, Françaix and Boulanger pieces to one that lies at the core of the repertoire by Debussy. The...

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George Enescu: Complete Works for Cello and Piano ...

Cellist Valentin Radutiu and pianist Per Rundberg perform on this two CD set from Hänssler Classic of the complete works for cello and piano by George Enescu. Called by Pablo Casals, “the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart”, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and...

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KornGOLDMark - Works by Korngold & Gold...

Violinist Orsolya Korcsolan’s recording of music for violin and piano, its program ingeniously summed up in the album title, “KornGoldMark”, brings together the romantically exotic music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Carl Goldmark (1830-1915), Rubin Goldmark...

Early 20th century Piano Trios by Volkmar Andreae, Sandor Veress, Raffaele D’Alessandro / Absolut Trio Mar06
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Early 20th century Piano Trios by Volkmar Andreae,...

The three musicians of the Absolut Trio have been building a repertory around “rare finds and forgotten pieces,” and the three works they perform on this Musiques Suisses CD are absolutely in line with this objective. Coming from the early and mid-twentieth century, each of the...

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Godowsky: Twelve Impressions/ Nazrin Rashidova, vi...

Aside from a few largely unavailable Heifetz recordings of a couple pieces here, the music for violin and piano by Leopold Godowsky on this Naxos recording is not to be found elsewhere on disc. Godowsky’s Twelve Impressions of 1916 is the most substantial work on the program, framed by...