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"The love for music has always pushed me forward. It goes so far that I come home, after teaching for eight hours and I turn on the radio to listen to music... I love it with a singular passion. It was not, 'I could take it or leave it'; I could not leave it."
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Schumann's Piano Quintet is one of
the world's (and my) favorite pieces of chamber music.
But the less-outgoing Piano Quartet eventually reveals
its secrets, too, and it's another wonderful piece.
These are fascinating performances. Menahem Pressler,
on leave from the Beaux Arts Trio, blends his Old World
charm with the New World energy of the Emerson Quartet.
The result is a near-ideal balance of power and grace,
and there is even some old-fashioned portamento (sliding
between notes) to be heard in the strings. It's hard
to think of anyone whose taste extends beyond the Baroque
era who won't be pleased and moved by this disc. --Leslie
Gerber
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The Beaux Arts Trio is just wonderful
in this literature. Menahem Pressler's dynamic shading,
articulation, and interactions with the other instruments
are always "just right".
The sound of the recording itself is fine. Even though
it was recorded in 1967, it was digitally remastered
to cd.
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Schubert's two piano trios are the
products of his last years when, knowing that he was
ill and dying, he still managed to produce dozens of
songs and chamber music masterpieces, as well as pursue
counterpoint studies and make plans for further orchestral
and stage works. Add to this the earlier String Trio
and a couple of miscellaneous single movements, and
his output in "trio" form is complete. Both
of the piano trios are typically large works, generously
stuffed with first-rate tunes, some of which you may
recognize without knowing exactly where they came from.
These excellent performances at a "twofer"
price offer the most convenient and cost effective way
to get to know this marvelous music. --David Hurwitz
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This two-CD set, offering Schumann's
groundbreaking Piano Quintet, the Piano Quartet, and
the three piano trios, is an exceptional bargain. The
approach of the Beaux Arts players and their associates
is essentially reflective: they let the music speak
for itself and avoid the rhetorical excesses other interpreters
often fall victim to. In their hands the quintet, one
of Schumann's most inspired creations, receives an especially
polished and poised performance, with a lovely dovetailing
of voices. The analog recordings are warm and detailed,
and they have been optimally transferred to CD. --Ted
Libbey
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Some of Brahms' best work was in chamber music, and
trios like no.3 represent some of the best music for
piano, violin and 'cello. The treat here is to have
some rarer pieces for horn and clarinet trios. Even
the "immature" first trio opens beautifully,
and there really is two-CD's worth of material here
to offer many rewarding listens.
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