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Media Type: CD
Artist: MENDELSSOHN,F.
Title: TRIO PNO 1/2
Street Release Date: 12/05/1995
Domestic
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| December 05, 1995 | | Studio:
| Sony | | Composer:
| Felix [1] Mendelssohn | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49: I. Molto allegro ed agitato | | 2. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49: II. Andante con moto tranquillo | | 3. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49: III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace | | 4. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49: IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato | | 5. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: I. Allegro energico e con fuoco | | 6. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: II. Andante espressivo | | 7. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro - quasi presto | | 8. | Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: IV. Finale. Allegro appassionato | |
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33 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 My most perfect CD.Aug 27, 1999
This is the only CD that I own that I can pretty honestly say I've never been bored by. The playing here is spectacular; Stern is always great and here in company with Istomin and Rose the tempos are perfect, the musicality of the pieces are brought out in all their gorgeous intensity, and the joyful, endearing spirit of the composer is most abundantly evident. It's interesting to note that the two trios were recorded over a decade apart, yet the sound that the performers conjure up doesn't feel that way at all. From the opening bar of the D minor Trio to the final Luther(an)-esque hymn of the C minor Trio, there is about an hour of sublime music that I (at least) sometimes wish would never end.
24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful Mendelssohn!Dec 15, 2005
By Grady Harp
Chamber Music seems so right during the boisterous mechanics of the holidays and one sure respite from the garish noise of the external season can be found in works like the Mendelssohn Piano Trios.
Here Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern perform Piano Trios 1 and 2 in a manner that bespeaks camaraderie of the performers as well as a complete respect for these luminous works. Some have called these works piano sonatas with obbligato and while for this listener that is an unfair judgment, Eugene Istomin plays the piano part with enough flair and thoughtful propulsion that he does at times sound the more important. But that is Mendelssohn's writing and not a self-aggrandizement of a pianist.
The overall sound is simply superb. These two trios are some of the loveliest ever written from that era and the gentlemen performing them offer sophisticated and informed interpretations. The recording is excellent, the music is rarefied! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 05
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Chamber music at its finestNov 29, 2004
By J. Dewey
I purchased this CD with the intent of finding fine players playing fine music. What I found, however, was and outstanding example of chamber music as its finest. The ensemble these 3 players generate is some of the finest ensemble music playing recorded. Each player displays exceptional technique, both in the mechanical and lyrical aspects of their playing. Most impressive is listening to Istomen who, playing a very technically and lyrically demanding part, voices his playing with such finess and carefull attention to detail to the strings; a feat very difficult to do as a pianist. This is an excellent recording for the professional to study a score from or for the avid listener to play over and over.
17 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Right On!Aug 06, 2000
By Ryan Richards
"reb77"
I bought this CD because I figured I couldn't go wrong with Isaac Stern. I was right. The playing on this CD is taut and powerful, crackling with energy. At the same time, though, the players keep a superior sense of musical precision, and manage to make the music sound energetic without sounding heavy-handed. As Gramophone would say, it was not without irony that *Felix* Mendelssohn composed works of such *felicity*, and these performers keep that felicity intact, which sets this CD way above the myriads of other Mendelssohn Piano Trio recordings. For ten dollars especially, you can't go wrong. This is a CD every Mendelssohnian should have in his or her collection.
16 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Near perfectMar 05, 2005
By Simon K. Ho
"I'm a republican"
The Mendelssohn trios are some of the most beautiful music ever written. While I thoroughly enjoyed this recording and would highly reccomend buying it (at a bargain price here), i do have one small problem with it. Stern and Rose accompany each other quite well and while Stern here is at his usual, fiery and passionate, i feel that the pianist, Istomin, failed to match the fire that his accompanists create. Mendelssohn is said to have called his piano trios, "piano sonatas with accompaniment", as Mozarts works; which puts more emphasis on the piano part. And unfortunately here, there are more passages in whcih Istomin fails to live up to that than there should be. But where he fails, Stern makes up for, and that is why this recording is worth it.
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