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Mozartrois: The Complete Piano Trios

Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, this two-disc set is a landmark Australian account of Mozart’s piano trios, and includes the seventh and most recently identified work of the group.

Mozartrois ensemble
Gerard Willems piano
Georg Pedersen cello
Robert Ingram violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer

The performances were taped at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in 1991. Beside the six completed trios stands the Trio in D minor, KV 442, long the least familiar of the set and here given equal place with the rest.

Reviews

The Tall Poppies’ two-disc set of the Mozart Piano Trios is another success story for the local industry. Though these works are Mozart at his most easy-going, and far from the rigours of the piano quartets, they are full of melodic invention and make for highly enjoyable listening when played as elegantly as they are here.

Mozartrois got together specifically to make these recordings but no doubt with the obvious success of their partnership they will go on to make further discs.

— Laurie Strahan, The Australian

Artist

No photograph: Mozartrois

Mozartrois

Tracks

    Trio in B flat, KV 254 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. i. Allegro assai 6:39
  2. ii. Adagio 7:14
  3. iii. Rondo: Tempo di minuetto 7:12

    4. Trio in G, KV 496 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  4. i. Allegro 8:53
  5. ii. Andante 7:38
  6. iii. Allegretto 10:04

    7. Trio in B flat, KV 502 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  7. i. Allegro 8:37
  8. ii. Larghetto 9:02
  9. iii. Allegretto 6:23

Disc 2

    Trio in E, KV 542 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. i. Allegro 7:42
  2. ii. Andante grazioso 5:12
  3. iii. Allegro 7:06

    4. Trio in C, KV 548 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  4. i. Allegro 7:25
  5. ii. Andante cantabile 8:03
  6. iii. Allegro 4:42

    7. Trio in G, KV 564 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  7. i. Allegro 5:08
  8. ii. Andante 6:44
  9. iii. Allegretto 5:04

    10. Trio in D minor, KV 442 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  10. i. Allegro 6:52
  11. ii. Tempo di minuetto 7:54
  12. iii. Allegro 5:10

Performers

Composer

Photograph of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He wrote over 600 works, many of them pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music, and remains among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.

Contributors

No photograph: Bill Leak

Cover Art

Bill Leak

Bill Leak supplied cover art and illustrations across Tall Poppies chamber, piano and song discs, from an irreverent Mozart cartoon to quieter painted sleeves that sit beside Australian and classical programmes without drowning them out.

No photograph: Richard Toop

Liner Notes

Richard Toop

Richard Toop's annotations and liner notes sit beside programmes of Cage prepared piano, Mozart piano trios, late Beethoven sonatas and unaccompanied cello. He writes as a musicologist who has spent decades inside postwar scores, tracking structure, colour and silence.

No photograph: Terry Harper

Piano Technician

Terry Harper

Where to listen

Mozartrois: The Complete Piano Trios is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.

Mozartrois: The Complete Piano Trios is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.

Product details

Catalogue number
TP070
Total playing time
148 minutes 44 seconds
Producer
Belinda Webster
Recording Engineer
Belinda Webster
Venue
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Credit
Bill Leak
Richard Toop
Terry Harper
Release date
Label
Tall Poppies
Musical work
copyright
© 1995 Tall Poppies Records
Sound recording
copyright
℗ 1995 Tall Poppies Records
Category
Great Classics
Genre
Classical Era
Barcode
EAN 9399000007029

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