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Saint-Saëns - Piano Trios (The Florestan Trio)

Recorded 2004 | Released 2006

Well, the Florestan Trio have done it again - if this disc doesn't at least win a Gramophone Award nomination, I'll eat my hat. Indeed, such is the cumulative emotional impact of these performances that, I don't mind admitting, I wept during the wonderful fortissimo climax of the E minor trio's first movement - that even before the astonishing intensity of the final, precipitous Allegro … Recorded sound and accompanying notes are, of course, impeccable. No argument: just buy it. (Gramophone)

Personnel:

The Florestan Trio:

ANTHONY MARWOOD violin

RICHARD LESTER cello

SUSAN TOMES piano

Recording:

December 2004, Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom

Hyperion CDA67538

Track listing:

1. Piano Trio No.1 in F major Op.18 - I. Allegro vivace

2. Piano Trio No.1 in F major Op.18 - II. Andante

3. Piano Trio No.1 in F major Op.18 - III. Scherzo. Presto

4. Piano Trio No.1 in F major Op.18 - IV. Allegro

5. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.92 - I. Allegro ma non troppo

6. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.92 - II. Allegretto

7. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.92 - III. Andante con moto

8. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.92 - IV. Grazioso, poco allegro

9. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.92 - V. Allegro

Reviews:

Gramophone

Well, the Florestan Trio have done it again — if this disc doesn't at least win a Gramophone Award nomination, I'll eat my hat. Indeed, such is the cumulative emotional impact of these performances that, I don't mind admitting, I wept during the wonderful fortissimo climax of the E minor trio's first movement — that even before the astonishing intensity of the final, precipitous Allegro.

I say cumulative because most of the time the Florestan prefer stealth and suggestion; they don't wear their hearts on their sleeves — unlike the equally brilliant but more high-octane accounts by Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi, 10/05). That's not to say that the Florestan lack thrills or the Wanderer refinement. With this new recording all is, like Saint-Saens's art, a filigree lightness and clarity that somehow twists itself into an ever-deepening pattern of turmoil.

Listen to the underlying wistfulness in the F major Trio: how the élan of the first movement's final chords provides a springboard into a cheerful bucolic landscape that is nevertheless crossed with clouds — this brought about by a web of delicate rhythmic and tonal shading in the string-playing stretched over Susan Tomes's dancing, pellucid framework.

Or the maturity and self-confidence in the E minor: nothing is forced, everything flows — from the stormy first movement through the lighter central movements (and here the languid descending phrases of the Andante con moto are beautifully sculpted by both Marwood and Lester) to the complex yet never turgid imitative writing of the last. Recorded sound and accompanying notes are, of course, impeccable. No argument: just buy it.

ClassicsToday (10/10)

It's typical of what happens in the classical recording industry that having just raved about Harmonia Mundi's set of Saint-Saëns trios featuring Trio Wanderer, out comes another that's every bit as fine. Of course, this wasn't unexpected. Hyperion has been quietly issuing a superb series of discs devoted to the composer's chamber music, including music for cello and piano, violin and piano, and a two-disc set of miscellaneous pieces. All of these have been excellent. Meanwhile, the Florestan Trio, having worked its way through much of the 19th-century trio repertoire with great success, inevitably would turn its collective attention to these two works, standing as they do among the very greatest efforts in the medium from any period. So here we are.

The principal difference between the two versions lies in the Florestan Trio's more muscular approach to accents and dynamic contrasts, most immediately evident in such places as the slow movement of the First Trio, or the opening of the finale of No. 2 (with a nice touch of portamento as well). This does not in any way compromise the ensemble's technical polish: note the perfectly tuned octaves in the same movement, or the deft piano playing of Susan Tomes throughout the program. It's simply a question of degree: Trio Wanderer comes across as marginally more fluent, the Florestans as a touch more emphatic. Both characterize the three inner movements of Trio No. 2 very well, and both are beautifully recorded. There's simply no way to choose between them, and either will give acres of listening pleasure. So if you are looking for these gorgeous, masterful pieces--and if you don't own them yet you certainly should--then purchase this disc in full confidence that it certainly doesn't get any better.

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