CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944): Piano Trios in G Minor, Op. 11 and in A Minor, Op. 34, Mazurk' suédoise for Piano, Op. 58.
Catalogue Number: 07O054
Label: db Productions
Reference: dBCD149
Format: CD
Price: $16.98
Description: Last month we had a disc with a recording of Chaminade's second trio on it (06N053); now we have her first one, from six years earlier (1881), which begins with a Germanic contrapuntal density but Fauré is also not far away and its presto leggiero trio is a late 19th century updating of Mendelssohnian fairy-land. All in all, slightly lighter in touch than the passionate and energetic second trio. The little four-minute Mazurka of 1891 is an example of Chaminade's French-salon style elegance and esprit. Ann-Sofi Klingberg (piano), Annette Mannheimer (violin), Sara Wijk (cello).