Classical Music | Music for Trio

Recorded on 09/26/2006, uploaded on 01/08/2009

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Trio No.1 in c minor, Op. 8           Dmitri Shostakovich

Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) is most often remembered today for his fifteen symphonies and for a series of fifteen string quartets.  He made two efforts in the piano trio format and also wrote a cycle of songs for soprano with piano trio.

Trio No. 1 was written in 1923, when Shostakovich was a 17 year-old student at the Petrograd Conservatory.  At less than twelve minutes in length, it is a study in concision; it accomplishes its musical gestures with precision and accuracy.  In this single movement work in a late Romantic style, Shostakovich aims to create original music for a post-Revolutionary society. The trio, characterized by many tempi and musical characters, was published after the composer's death.      Flatiron Trio

Courtesy of International Music Foundation.