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ΚΑΛΛΙΤΕΧΝΗΣ: Busch Trio
ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑ: CD
ΣΥΝΘΕΤΗΣ: Various Composers

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Ravel & Shostakovich: Piano Trios

Busch Trio

Ravel composed his Piano Trio M67 just before enlisting voluntarily in the First World War. Inspired by the Basque country and its zortziko dance, the Trio ends with a sombre, almost anguished fourth movement. A mood inspired by the impending war? In his Piano Trio No.2, op.67, Shostakovich too is affected by the horrors of war and the death of a close friend. For the first time in the Russian composer’s output, we hear a Jewish theme, a danse macabre echoing the terrible events of the time. Another point in common between the two works is that both include a passacaglia. For the Busch Trio, it was self-evident that these two heart-rending works should be brought together on the same album.

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

November 2023

The Busch Trio have been garnering glowing reviews in 19th-century repertoire. Now they show themselves equally at home in the two major 20th-century repertoire standards. All four movements of the Ravel reveal distinction of one kind or other.