Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Trio Chausson

• Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847): Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11:
• 1 Hensel-Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro molto vivace 11:23
• 2 Hensel-Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo 06:02
• 3 Hensel-Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: III. Lied. Allegretto 02:35
• 4 Hensel-Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: IV. Allegretto moderato 05:51
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49:
• 5 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: I. Molto allegro ed agitato 09:39
• 6 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: II. Andante con moto tranquillo 06:21
• 7 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace 03:49
• 8 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato 08:33
• Total Runtime 54:13

Info for Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn

For their twentieth anniversary, the Trio Chausson offer themselves two trios by two the most famous siblings in the history of classical music, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. The recording opens with Fanny's work, a choice that aims to shed light on the great romantic composer's influence upon her brother's work. Indeed she advised and guided Felix for a long time, yet always in the shadow. With the present recording, justice has been served for the greatest pleasure of music-lovers' ears.

Trio Chausson

Trio Chausson
formed in 2001, has become an essential point of reference on today’s musical scene. Its three members, who together won first prize at the Weimar International Chamber Music Competition in 2005 and were named ‘Rising Stars’ in 2007, present here their fifth recording on Mirare.

The trio has appeared at the world’s leading venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Vienna Musikverein, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Cité de la Musique, Auditorium du Louvre and Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, and the Moscow Conservatory. It is regularly invited to La Folle Journée in Nantes, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Bilbao.

The repertoire of the Trio Chausson testifies to a passion for French music and Viennese Classicism, in particular the trios of Haydn, whose freedom and rich invention are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. With their admiration for the generosity and poetic feeling of Ernest Chausson, the three musicians are also eager to perform the trios of sometimes unfairly neglected French Romantic composers. Their taste for transcription has led them to perform around a dozen arrangements for trio of works such as Ravel’s La Valse and Chopin’s Introduction and Polonaise brillante. The year 2013 saw their wide repertoire further enriched by the triple concertos of Beethoven and Chausson – the latter a transcription by the composer Mathieu Lamboley of the Concert op.21. Philippe Talec, Antoine Landowski, and Boris de Larochelambert met at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP), where they were taught by Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Claire Désert. They then went on to study at the European Chamber Music Academy, where they paid especial attention to the classes of Hatto Beyerle, a musical personality who became the keystone of their career.

The members of the Trio Chausson attach great importance to passing on their musical knowledge and skills. All three of them obtained the Certificat d’Aptitude (higher teaching diploma) in 2008, and they now teach at three different conservatoires: the violin in Geneva, the piano in Torcy, and chamber music in Angers.

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