ATOS Trio: Tchaikovsky - Trio in a-minor, (1882)

live at the Konzerthaus Berlin / Akkordarbeit May 20, 2019 I. 00:15 - 19:40 Pezzo elegiaco (Moderato assai – Allegro giusto) II. 20:10 - 44:15 (A) Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto – (B) Variazione finale e coda Tchaikovsky wrote his only piano trio in “memory of a great artist“, after his mentor and friend Nikolai Rubinstein had died. And even though he had strong observations against writing a piano trio - the sheer sound of the three instruments together did not please him - he later admitted to be “quite proud“ of his new work, even though it seemed to him to be more of an orchestral score in disguise than a real piano trio. In any case, it is full of heartfelt passion, beautiful melodic inspiration and the typical Tchaikovskian Ballet characterizations - even though the Sleeping Beauty or the Nutcracker had not been composed yet. ATOS Trio Annette von Hehn, violin Stefan Heinemeyer, cello Thomas Hoppe, piano Felix Epp, video &