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Delta Piano Trio
A very powerful account of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio, one which takes nothing in the music for granted. Throughout, there is a keen attention to details often overlooked by other interpreters…the...
Special offer. The Mirror With Three Faces
Delta Piano Trio
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A very powerful account of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio, one which takes nothing in the music for granted. Throughout, there is a keen attention to details often overlooked by other interpreters…the...
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The new album from the Delta Piano Trio explores the Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 by Lera Auerbach together with Piano Trio No.2 by Shostakovich.
Whilst searching for contemporary repertoire, the Delta Piano Trio fell in love with Auerbach's piano trios and after performing them regularly, they reached out to the composer and subsequently enjoyed the opportunity to work on the music together with the composer. This experience has given these musicians a unique insight into Auerbach's piano trios. The title of this CD was inspired by Auerbach's second piano trio, Tryptych ? The Mirror with Three Faces (2012), the work at the heart of this disc.
Auerbach's Piano Trio No. 1 is one of her earliest works, with fascinating allusions to 19th- and 20th-century musical traditions, yet with the addition of very specific effects which imbue her music with a unique spectrum of colours. The influence of Shostakovich is audible in Auerbach's Piano Trio No. 1, and this disc opens with Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2.
The Delta Piano Trio hails from The Netherlands but met in Austria, where they soon discovered a wonderful personal and music rapport; a unique and infectious friendship which is communicated in the joy and intimacy of their performances.
Contents and tracklist
- Gerard Spronk, Irene Enzlin, Vera Kooper
- Delta Piano Trio
- Gerard Spronk, Irene Enzlin, Vera Kooper
- Delta Piano Trio
- Gerard Spronk, Irene Enzlin, Vera Kooper
- Delta Piano Trio
Awards and reviews
May 2018
A very powerful account of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio, one which takes nothing in the music for granted. Throughout, there is a keen attention to details often overlooked by other interpreters…the Delta Piano Trio also has a fine grasp of longer-term structure…Odradek’s recording is both warm and clear.
September 2018
The Shostakovich is a gutsy performance, magnificent in its grasp and fully in tune with the composer’s many faces. Auerbach’s Piano Trio No.1 (1992/4) is an early work that begins with a traditional emphasis on counterpoint; but its first movement ends with remarkably effective seagull imitations. Moving forward some 20 years, the second trio, Triptych: The Mirror with Three Faces takes inspiration from a hinged mirror: three faces, but are they the same person? Contrasts are critical, from the frozen first movement to the grand gestures of the fleeting second, thence to a Shostakovich-influenced Waltz. A wonderful, enriching performance of a piece that demands attention.
