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Shostakovich: Piano Trios, Cello Sonata - Rachmaninov Trio Moscow

Shostakovich: Piano Trios, Cello Sonata - Rachmaninov Trio Moscow

Tudor  CD 7138

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Chamber


Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8, Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op. 40

Rachmaninov Trio Moscow

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Review by John Broggio - June 23, 2006

This release from Tudor just had me shaking my head in disbelief. Compared to other very good releases, like Schubert: Octet - Scharoun Ensemble, Janáček: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba - Nott or Hoffmeister: Notturnos (Quintets) - Simon Fuchs this just does not have the same standards of musicianship despite the obviously good ties that Tudor enjoys with first rank musicians in other repertoire.

The recording as a technical piece of work is in itself fine, with neither too much nor too little in the way of reverberation.

Now to heart of the problem - Natalia Savinova's cello playing. She is just completely out of her depth in this repertoire and on a completely different plane to her competent colleagues. There are stretches for phrases on end where she is fractionally and stubbornly out of tune. When I first heard it I almost laughed out loud but upon reptition, the feeling quickly becomes one of dread and fear for my aural sensibilities. The violinist Mikhail Tsinman also sounds as if he has reached his technical limitations at times but he manages to prevent himself from falling foul of trouble. The person I feel really sorry for is Victor Yampolsky, who is clearly a fine musician and understands Shostakovich's work well but is let down badly by his cellist. Despite the overall good phrasing and pacing of each work the intonation problems are something that, not even in the early days of recording, would have passed muster.

Not recommended.

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