The Florestan Trio - Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat; Notturno; Piano Trio Movement (2001)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 261 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 161 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 67273 | Time: 00:59:14
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 261 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 161 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 67273 | Time: 00:59:14
Is there a better trio than the Florestan playing today? All three members are consummate artists, outstanding instrumentalists, and ensemble players to the manner born, but it’s the playing of pianist Susan Tomes that carries these performances to their greatest heights. Since the ensemble is perfectly judged by all concerned, it may seem unjust to single out the playing of one member for special comment, but such is the extreme sophistication, the extraordinary subtlety and the expressive range of this artist that I can see no alternative. The tonal control, the exquisite shaping of phrases, the rhythmical suppleness and structural backbone are of an order seldom encountered in the playing even of many famous soloists. But what renders her playing here still more remarkable is the exemplary precision with which it’s matched to the different sonorities and qualities of attack, so-called, of the string players. And what players they are. For all of the above this is not a pianist-dominated performance, except insofar as Schubert wrote the piece that way.