{"product_id":"769755","title":"Gould Trio  The - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio op50; Rachmaninov: Piano Trio Elegaique 1 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brand new recording of the outstanding Gould Trio (Lucy Gould - violin, Alice Neary - cello, Benjamin Frith - piano) performing Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor, Op.50 and Rachmaninov's Trio elegiaque No. 1 in G minor. Tchaikovsky wrote comparatively little chamber music, yet his Piano Trio in A minor, op. 50, with its kaleidoscopic succession of moods, is probably the first important piano trio by a Russian composer This work is a big, ambitious piece in which the composer sets himself a multitude of challenges in what was for him a new medium. The Trio did not take long to make its way into the repertoire, where it still stands as one of the supreme examples of the piano trio in the Romantic era. Tchaikovsky's Trio, with its function as a memorial for Nikolai Rubinstein, seems to have initiated a Russian tradition of 'elegiac' piano trios. The young Sergei Rachmaninov composed his first, the Trio elegiaque No. 1 in G minor, at white-hot speed between 18 and 21 January 1892. Not surprisingly, Rachmaninov assigns pride of place to the piano, making the Trio almost a miniature piano concerto. It opens with murmuring, wind-blown string figures, creating an evocative background to the piano's dolorous main theme, soon taken up by the strings. In similarity to the Tchaikovsky, the work concludes with an impressively gloomy funeral march.\u003cp\u003eTchaikovsky Trio in A minor op. 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachmaninov Trio \\xc3\\x83\\xc2\\xa9l\\xc3\\x83\\xc2\\xa9gaique no. 1 in G minor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56246946300289,"sku":"769755","price":13.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51puOrAvm5L._SL1500.jpg?v=1789158035","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/769755","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}