Spanish Piano Trios Trío Arbós

• Joaquín Malats (1872-1912): Piano Trio:
• 1 I. Allegro 07:29
• 2 II. Andante 08:58
• 3 III. Vivace 05:58
• Felipe Pedrell (1841-1922):
• 4 Nocturne-Trio, Op. 55 07:29
• 5 Elegía a Foruny 11:12
• Enrique Granados (1867-1916): Piano Trio, Op. 50:
• 6 I. Poco allegro con espressione 09:04
• 7 II. Scherzetto 04:22
• 8 III. Duetto 05:12
• 9 IV. Finale 07:05
• Total Runtime 01:06:49

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Three years after Granados premiered his Trio in Madrid, his admired friend, Joaquín Malats, whom he had known since they were fellow students in Barcelona, premiered his Trio in B-flat at the Madrid Athenaeum. Music of exquisite, elegant, and fresh refinement, constant in flight and resounding in inspiration, condenses in its three movements all the creative potential of a musician who died prematurely at 40 years of age. Pedrell himself confesses in the first person his weakness for Chopin in his first period as a composer: In the year 1872, the chronic nocturnitis from which I suffered, and which was influenced by Chopin and Field, worsened, and I published, almost at the same time, two Nocturnos (in G minor and A major). After a month of intense work, the Trio in C Major op. 50 of Enrique Granados premiered on 22 February 1895, at the Salón Romero in Madrid, the favorite haunt of Madrids chamber evenings, as the culmination of a programme dedicated entirely to the music of Granados that included his Quintet and several pieces for piano. The present recording has been made using exclusively the manuscript of the Trio in C Major op. 50, held in the Museum of Music of Barcelona. The difference with the existing editions of the work and with the recordings based on those texts is more than notable.

Trío Arbós

Trío Arbós
Awarded with Spain’s National Prize of Music, the trio is formed by the violinist Cecilia Bercovich, the cellist José Miguel Gómez, and the pianist Juan Carlos Garvayo. Founded in 1996 and named after the Spanish violinist, conductor and composer Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863-1939), the Trio Arbós, based in Madrid, has established itself as one of Europe's leading chamber ensembles.

The repertoire of the trio ranges from the classical and romantic (complete trios by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, etc.) to the contemporary, with specially commissioned works forming a significant part of the concert programs presented. Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Ivan Fedele, Mauricio Sotelo, Luis de Pablo, Jesús Torres, Hilda Paredes, Roberto Sierra, Bernhard Gander, Aureliano Cattaneo, César Camarero, José María Sánchez Verdú, José Luis Turina, etc. are some of the composers who have dedicated works to this prestigious ensemble. The trio has also collaborated closely with renowned composers such as Pascal Dusapin, Jonathan Harvey, Cristóbal Halffter, Salvatore Sciarrino and Beat Furrer among others.

The Trio Arbós has appeared frequently in major concert halls and festivals in more than 30 countries: Vienna Konzerthaus, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Helsinki Sibelius Academy, Buenos Aires Teatro Colón, Auditorio Nacional of Madrid, Kuhmo Festival, Festival Time of Music of Viitasaari, Biennale di Venezia, Festival Musica of Strasbourg, Nuova Consonanza of Rome, Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, Klangspuren Festival, ULTIMA Festival of Oslo, NUMUS Festival of Toronto, Santorini International Music Festival, El Salvador International Music Festival, Ryedale Festival, San Sebastian Quincena Musical, Santander International Music Festival, Alicante Contemporary Music Festival, Ensems of Valencia, International Festival of Granada, etc.

The Trio Arbós has recorded the complete piano trios by Joaquín Turina and Roberto Sierra for NAXOS, music by Jesús Torres and César Camarero for KAIROS and a dozen other CDs for labels like COL LEGNO, VERSO or ENSAYO with music by Spanish and Latin American composers. The prestigious magazine Gramophone said of of their acclaimed CD “Play it again”: “ This disc reaffirms the credentials of Trio Arbós as among the most inclusive and forward-thinking of chamber ensembles.”

Since 2005 Trio Arbós holds a residence at the Reina Sofía Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid. Their project Triple Zone has been awarded by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. In the upcoming years, the Trío Arbós will premiere new works for piano trio thanks to a program of sponsorship by the BBVA Foundation.

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