Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Scherzo, Presto & Trio
4. Finale, Allegro giocoso
5. Lento maestoso
6. Poco adagio
7. Andante
8. Andate moderato
9. Allegro
10. Lento maestoso

Disc 2:

1. Allegro con moto, Allegro con brio
2. Scherzo & Trio, Allegro molto... Piu lento
3. Adagio non troppo
4. Finale, Allegro molto agitato
5. Allegro energico
6. Presto non assai
7. Andante grazioso
8. Allegro molto

Disc 3:

1. Molto Allegro agitato
2. Andante con moto tranquillo
3. Scherzo, Leggiero e vivace
4. Finale, Allegro assai
5. Allegro energico e fuoco
6. Andante espressivo
7. Scherzo, Molto Allegro quasi Presto
8. Finale, Allegro appassionato

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88700 in Music
• Released on: 1994-07-25
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
The K-L-R Trio's brief tenure with Vox produced these recordings of Romantic chamber-music masterpieces. This is an exceptionally virtuosic ensemble, made up of three soloists who have devoted part of every year to performing together for a couple of decades. As a result, their performances are extremely powerful yet very well integrated, certainly a desirable combination in repertoire like this. They even do a very idiomatic job of playing Dvorák, while their Brahms and Mendelssohn are really superb. Not only are these performances far above the normal standard for budget recordings, but they are also fine digital recordings. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews

Endearing, bought it for the Mendelssohn
Don't let the budget price fool you. This is the best example of the Mendelssohn Trios performance that I have, including the Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern trio, which sounds more mechanical to my ears.

The origional vinyl disk for the Mendelssohn was full price as far as I can remember, this is a really good deal, the Brahms and the Dvorak are OK but the Mendelssohn itself pays for the set.

Reference recording of the Mendelssohn trio
Absolutely nobody has gotten to this level of perfection recording the Mendelssohn trio. The two other trios are superb as well.

The playing overcomes everything
The recorded sound of this set is a little muddy. However, that cannot stop me from giving it top marks for superb individual and ensemble playing, coupled with total agreement in musical expression from all three musicians. The Dvorak "Dumky" trio is possibly the weakest of the set, but only because I prefer the more idiosyncratic interpretations of some other groups (e.g. Trio Fontenay and some others I can't remember).