This excellent collaboration by three eminent chamber musicians, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, brings us two Piano Trios by the Czech master, Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904).
During the last eight years, artists forming this unique trio have recorded eight albums of chamber music with great acclaim, including some of the Romantic standard works.
These two chamber music masterpieces by Antonín Dvorák express great emotional depth and dark passion. The two piano trios by Dvorák featured in this album have remarkable similarities as well as differences. Piano Trio No. 3, nearly symphonic in its character, hints to the world of Johannes Brahms, while the Piano Trio No. 4 (‘Dumky’) includes several folk music sounds.
The third piano trio might not only be considered as an homage to Brahms; it was written by the composer in 1883 shortly after the death of his mother which might well explain the sorrowful musical expression in the slow movement of the work.
Here are members of the Tetzlaff Trio playing the slow movement from Dvorak’s Piano Trio #4:
