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℗ 2024 Christoph Croisé
Released | June 21, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 17m 19s |
Record Label | AVIE Records |
Catalogue No. | AV2691 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Rachmaninoff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 & Romances Opp. 21 & 23
Christoph Croisé, Andrey Baranov, Alexander Panfilov
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
14:03 | |||
Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9
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1.2
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I. Moderato-Allegro vivace
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
20:17 | |||
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II. Quasi variazione. Andante
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
21:52 | |||
1.4
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III. Allegro risoluto-Moderato
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
8:23 | |||
12 Romances, Op. 21
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1.5
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No. 7, How Fair this Spot (arr. for piano trio by Alexander Panfilov)
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
1:58 | |||
6 Romances, Op. 38
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1.6
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No. 5, The Dream (arr. for piano trio by Alexander Panfilov)
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
1:39 | |||
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No. 3, Daisies (Arr. for Piano Trio by Alexander Panfilov)
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
2:21 | |||
12 Romances, Op. 21
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No. 5, Lilacs (Arr. for Piano Trio by Alexander Panfilov)
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
1:54 | |||
The Seasons, Op. 37a
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1.9
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No. 10, Autumn Song (Arr. for Piano Trio by Louis Eaton)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Christoph Croisé; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov |
4:52 |
Versatile cellist Christoph Croisé indulges in his passion for romantic Russian repertoire, coming together with close collaborators violinist Andrey Baranov and pianist Alexander Panfilov for a recording of works by a young Rachmaninoff. All of the works on this album were written before 1917, the year that the composer left Russia in the wake of the Revolution, and eventually emigrated to the United States.
The prodigious Rachmaninoff wrote his single-movement Trio élégiaque in G minor in 1892, when he was just 18 years old. A year later, he put pen to paper to compose his second Trio élégiaque, in D minor, on the eve of the death of his friend and mentor Tchaikovsky, to whom he dedicated the work. Both trios are imbued with an air of nostalgia and melancholy that belie the composer’s youthfulness.
Christoph and his colleagues offer as encores a selection of songs arranged for piano trio by Alexander Panfilov: “How Fair This Spot” and “Lilacs” from Rachmaninoff’s 12 Romances, Op. 21, part of a set written during his honeymoon; and “The Dream” and “Daisies” from his Op. 38 collection Six Romances (1916).
The album ends appropriately with an arrangement of “Autumn Song” from Tchaikovsky’s solo piano work The Seasons.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – AVIE Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -6.84 -13.55 to -1.00 | -29.14 -34.22 to -21.47 | -25.34 -31.00 to -17.50 | 13 12 to 15 | |
1 | Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor | -1.00 | -23.94 | -20.2 | 14 |
2 | I. Moderato-Allegro vivace | -1.00 | -24.20 | -19.7 | 14 |
3 | II. Quasi variazione. Andante | -4.45 | -28.83 | -24.6 | 15 |
4 | III. Allegro risoluto-Moderato | -1.10 | -21.47 | -17.5 | 12 |
5 | No. 7, How Fair this Spot (arr. for piano trio by Alexander Panfilov) | -13.55 | -33.89 | -30.6 | 12 |
6 | No. 5, The Dream (arr. for piano trio by Alexander Panfilov) | -8.19 | -31.57 | -27.4 | 14 |
7 | No. 3, Daisies (Arr. for Piano Trio by Alexander Panfilov) | -8.78 | -30.60 | -26.8 | 12 |
8 | No. 5, Lilacs (Arr. for Piano Trio by Alexander Panfilov) | -11.04 | -33.57 | -30.3 | 12 |
9 | No. 10, Autumn Song (Arr. for Piano Trio by Louis Eaton) | -12.41 | -34.22 | -31.0 | 13 |