Leopold String Trio
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These are unusually expansive works, their first movements each close on 15 minutes' music, prolific in their thematic matter and richly developed. They demand playing that shows a grasp of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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Brahms's three piano quartets sometimes exhibit this tendency but in performances as fine as these it is triumphantly surmounted with a combination of brisk speeds and an extraordinary collective... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, Chamber Choice
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Listening to the three trios that the Leopold String Trio present with such commitment and persuasiveness leaves no doubt as to Taneyev's contrapuntal ingenuity and resource. …E flat Trio of... —
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Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout', etc.
Paul Lewis (piano) & Graham Mitchell (double bass)
Leopold String Trio
Following their splendid collaboration in the Mozart quartets… Paul Lewis and the Leopold Trio (with Graham Mitchell) are equally impressive in the Trout. High spirits and poetry are given... —
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This is a wonderful recording … as good a performance of both splendid works as you are likely to encounter —
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Building a Library, February 2013, Recommendation with all the repeats
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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Leopold String Trio: Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola) & Kate Gould (cello)
The advantage of strings over keyboard is the ability to sustain and swell a note. The Leopolds exploit this in Variation VI 'Canon at the 2nd', burning into the juicy abrasions, which on keyboard... —
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I can't imagine a more committed performance of Schoenberg's String Trio than the one offered here by the Leopold String Trio. It's thoroughly engaging, and hugely impressive from all three... —
