Jumping on the Mozart anniversary bandwagon, Daniel Barenboim joins with younger musicians Nikolaj Znaider and Kyril Zlotnikov for a lively and charmingly expressive, but not quite ideal, performance of Mozart's piano trios. All three give the music animation and just enough energy to keep the fast movements moving, even dancing, and grounded, not letting them become too airy or elegantly graceful, nor letting them be too heavy for their period. Their slow movements are exercises in control as they maintain evenness in ...
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Jumping on the Mozart anniversary bandwagon, Daniel Barenboim joins with younger musicians Nikolaj Znaider and Kyril Zlotnikov for a lively and charmingly expressive, but not quite ideal, performance of Mozart's piano trios. All three give the music animation and just enough energy to keep the fast movements moving, even dancing, and grounded, not letting them become too airy or elegantly graceful, nor letting them be too heavy for their period. Their slow movements are exercises in control as they maintain evenness in their dynamics. The middle movements of K. 496 and K. 548 are especially attractive in the way the emotion is handled without melodrama. The three may have a great sympathy for the music and appreciation for each other's talent, but there is some competition between Znaider and Barenboim for dominance in these trios. Technically, there is nothing wrong with the ensemble work of all three players: all are in tune and together, and usually in agreement in their phrasing (there is one ugly...
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Add this copy of Mozart: Piano Trios / Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, to cart. $75.98, new condition, Sold by BMC1701 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwalk, IA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by EMI Classics.
