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Chausson, Ravel: Piano Trios

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Chausson, Ravel: Piano Trios
Chausson, Ravel: Piano Trios

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began as a family group but has returned as three unrelated musicians (pianist continues as founder), shown in high-fashion photography and well-spoken in the interview-format booklet. They deliver the goods in this 2023 release, which superficially would seem a common French program, but, in fact, it requires a good deal of gear-shifting, nicely explored in the interview. The , of is an early work written under the influence of and of his German inspirations, principally . There was an indication of 's talent in that an individual voice did emerge, especially in the first movement, but essentially, this is a dense work in a Germanic vein. It requires a good deal of control and precise ensemble work to keep the instruments balanced and not to let the piano overwhelm the other instruments, and 's performance shows a good deal of work. Then the trio passes from the grand 19th century to the more constrained and worried 20th for 's , composed in 1914 as he was about to set off for the battlefront. was a master of rhythm, but rarely did he fuse so many rhythmic strands as in this work, with its Malaysian scansion in the "Pantoum" second movement (sample this for an idea of the rhythmic liveliness of these players) and the Basque flavor of its opening movement and tense finale. The is positively crackling here. contributed excellent sound from the Metz Arsenal on an album that will reward repeated hearings and take the listener into the worlds the players describe. An exciting release from a young group on the rise. ~ James Manheim

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