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History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 8 The Russian Abroad: Berlin LOPATNIKOFF • JUON The Brahms Trio
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Berlin is the focus of this eighth volume of the History of the Russian Piano Trio , which features two Russian composers who lived in the city. Nikolai Lopatnikoff’s symphonies were premiered by Bruno Walter and Serge Koussevitzky, and he was once ranked alongside Stravinsky. Lopatnikoff’s Piano Trio in A minor is an archetypal example of Russian modernism, unparalleled in its use of allusions, tonalities and form. Paul Juon’s Suite in C major is full of elegant and vivid theatrical imagery, while his Piano Trio No. 1 in A minor employs charming stylised folk material influenced by Brahms. Key features: • This is part of a projected series of 15 albums entitled History of the Russian Piano Trio . These releases have subsequently been nominated for an International Classical Music Award (ICMA), and were named as the best albums of 2021 by Gramophone and American Record Guide . Vol. 5 in this series is on 8.574116: ‘This series has conditioned me to expect excellent playing from the Moscow-based Brahms Trio, and its performances here are fully consistent with its outstanding record’ ( Fanfare ). •
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In 2022, The Brahms Trio was nominated for Opus Klassik Awards in the categories of Best Chamber Music Recording, Ensemble of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to the Expansion of the Repertoire. Violinist Nikolai Sachenko and cellist Kirill Rodin are both winners of the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow; pianist Natalia Rubinstein was First Prize winner of the Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar.
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Nikolai Sachenko , Natalia Rubinstein and Kirill Rodin
Click to listen to JUON, P.: Suite in C major, Op. 89: II. Giocoso
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 22 (arr. Ignaz Lachner) Alon Goldstein, Piano • Fine Arts Quartet
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Ever mindful of the accessibility of his works for amateur musicians, Mozart wrote, in a letter to his father, that his Piano Concertos Nos. 11–14 could be performed ‘ a quattro ’, with the accompaniment of string quartet rather than with full orchestra. Ignaz Lachner, a contemporary and associate of Schubert, saw great potential in chamber music arrangements and produced performing versions for piano, string quartet and double bass of many of the Mozart piano concertos. His considerable skill as a composer enabled these concertos, among them Nos. 18 and 22 , to flourish in a more intimate setting. Key features: •
The Fine Arts Quartet has made a number of Naxos recordings, for example Mendelssohn’s String Quintets (8.570488) and Glazunov’s chamber music (8.570256) which were named Recordings of the Year by MusicWeb International , Schumann’s string quartets (8.570151) hailed by the American Record Guide as ‘one of the very finest chamber music recordings of the year’. •
8.574693 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
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From left to right: Ralph Evans , Efim Boico , Gil Sharon and Niklas Schmidt
Pianist Alon Goldstein performs on Vol. 24 of the complete Scarlatti keyboard edition on 8.574196: Crescendo (France) wrote; ‘The ornamentation is precise, the accents are deliberately striking, even provocative, the beautiful overall architecture well thought out. We ask for more Scarlatti to be played like this!’
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Click to listen to Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482: III. Allegro (cadenza by Alon Goldstein)
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