The theme for this album could be conservancy of material, economy of gesture, and succinctness of harmony. The CD opens with Fauré's Op. 120 Trio, one of the last pieces he completed before his death, which is heard here in its rarely performed version for piano, clarinet, and cello (it is heard much more frequently with violin in place of clarinet). As Fauré was so loathe of dense textures, the trio is very lean, with all three parts extremely exposed throughout. The middle work of the album -- and by far the most ...
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The theme for this album could be conservancy of material, economy of gesture, and succinctness of harmony. The CD opens with Fauré's Op. 120 Trio, one of the last pieces he completed before his death, which is heard here in its rarely performed version for piano, clarinet, and cello (it is heard much more frequently with violin in place of clarinet). As Fauré was so loathe of dense textures, the trio is very lean, with all three parts extremely exposed throughout. The middle work of the album -- and by far the most successful -- is Alban Berg's Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano. Wrapping things up is Beethoven's Op. 38 Piano Trio (also heard here in its version with clarinet instead of violin), which the composer himself arranged from a reduction of his Op. 20 Septet. Streamlining a piece from seven instruments to three is yet another example of music in its most distilled form. Despite the cleverness in programming, the performances themselves fail to deliver on what could have been a very enjoyable...
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