Haydn & Hummel: Piano Trios Trio Chausson

• 1 I. Allegro 08:39
• 2 II. Andante 05:10
• 3 III. Presto 04:38
• 4 I. Moderato 07:04
• 5 II. Menuet 03:35
• 6 III. Presto 02:29
• 7 I. Allegro moderato 06:06
• 8 II. Andante con variazioni 04:23
• 9 III. Rondo alla Turca. Vivace 03:36
• 10 I. Allegro moderato 07:11
• 11 II. Andante 04:58
• 12 III. Rondo - Presto 04:42
• Total Runtime 01:02:31

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Given the length of his career, the indefatigable Joseph Haydn lived through the multiple upheavals of the musical world between the mid-eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries, confronting all the problems of a rapidly changing art in order to adapt his activity as a composer to the evolution of his era. Having been deputy then full Kapellmeister to the Esterházy princes since 1761, he was relieved of his duties at the court following the death of Prince Nicholas ‘the Magnificent’ in 1790, after almost thirty years of faithful service, though retaining his title. At the age of nearly seventy, he then set out on an emancipatory trip to England, where his reputation had preceded him. He died in Vienna in 1809, respected throughout Europe. Like his string quartets, Haydn’s keyboard trios occupy a significant place in his catalogue.

Philippe Talec, violin
Antoine Landowski, cello
Boris de Larochelambert, piano

Trio Chausson
formed in 2001, has become an essential point of reference on today’s musical scene. Its three members, who together won first prize at the Weimar International Chamber Music Competition in 2005 and were named ‘Rising Stars’ in 2007, present here their fifth recording on Mirare.

The trio has appeared at the world’s leading venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Vienna Musikverein, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Cité de la Musique, Auditorium du Louvre and Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, and the Moscow Conservatory. It is regularly invited to La Folle Journée in Nantes, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Bilbao.

The repertoire of the Trio Chausson testifies to a passion for French music and Viennese Classicism, in particular the trios of Haydn, whose freedom and rich invention are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. With their admiration for the generosity and poetic feeling of Ernest Chausson, the three musicians are also eager to perform the trios of sometimes unfairly neglected French Romantic composers. Their taste for transcription has led them to perform around a dozen arrangements for trio of works such as Ravel’s La Valse and Chopin’s Introduction and Polonaise brillante. The year 2013 saw their wide repertoire further enriched by the triple concertos of Beethoven and Chausson – the latter a transcription by the composer Mathieu Lamboley of the Concert op.21. Philippe Talec, Antoine Landowski, and Boris de Larochelambert met at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP), where they were taught by Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Claire Désert. They then went on to study at the European Chamber Music Academy, where they paid especial attention to the classes of Hatto Beyerle, a musical personality who became the keystone of their career.

The members of the Trio Chausson attach great importance to passing on their musical knowledge and skills. All three of them obtained the Certificat d’Aptitude (higher teaching diploma) in 2008, and they now teach at three different conservatoires: the violin in Geneva, the piano in Torcy, and chamber music in Angers.

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