Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol. 2
Gould Piano Trio
The tone Marschner strikes, so far removed from Beethoven and Schubert, is entirely his own...As before, the Gould Trio proves an unstinting advocate on a recording that provides pleasure throughout......
Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol. 2
Gould Piano Trio
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The tone Marschner strikes, so far removed from Beethoven and Schubert, is entirely his own...As before, the Gould Trio proves an unstinting advocate on a recording that provides pleasure throughout......
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Heinrich Marschner was the leading German operatic composer between Weber and the rise of Wagner, but he also wrote prolifically for chamber forces. His Piano Trios No. 2 and No. 6 share similar qualities: both are in a minor key, they are rich in agitated melodies, and are full of inventive interplay between the three instruments. In contrast to the earlier light-hearted Trio No. 1 (available on 8.574612), No. 2 is a darker, more tension-filled work, albeit with Mendelssohnian grace. No. 6 also embodies elements of mid-19th-century Romanticism conveyed in music that ranges from the turbulent to the spectral.
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September 2025
The tone Marschner strikes, so far removed from Beethoven and Schubert, is entirely his own...As before, the Gould Trio proves an unstinting advocate on a recording that provides pleasure throughout... constructed with skill and no small amount of aural imagination.
