Par SIBELIUS JEAN. Five multi-movement trios for piano and two string instruments by Sibelius are known from the years 1883?1888. The ?large? trios, such as the Havträsk and Korpo Trio (JS 207, JS 209), were written for the classical piano trio scoring of violin, violoncello and piano. Apparently, Sibelius kept composing trios to play among his family and friends, having in mind to be one of the musicians himself. Chamber music was an essential part of social life. When listening to Sibelius? trios, one cannot help but notice that the repertoire included many works of Viennese Classicism. Although Sibelius's feelings towards his youthful works were not exactly uncomplicated, Sibelius biographer Otto Andersson later reported ?that the master, in later years, missed [the Korpo Trio] very much and would have been very pleased to see [it] preserved.? / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Commandés pour la Folle journée 2008 de Nantes consacrée à Franz Schubert, ces Huit moments musicaux sont le deuxième hommage que je rends à mon illustre collègue. Si dans Mit ausdruck pour clarinette basse et orchestre (créé le 8 octobre 2003 par Alain Billard et l'orchestre symphonique de Bamberg dirigé par Jonathan Nott), j'empruntais des idées musicales issues de lieder de Schubert pour les intégrer à mon langage et les transformer par des techniques de développement actuelles, la référence est ici moins concrète, plus métaphorique. Hormis le fait que j'ai utilisé les notes fa-la-mib-do-si, issues du nom du compositeur viennois (FA-SCH), c'est plutôt une stylisation d'une certaine conduite du discours schubertien que j'ai essayée de créer ici. Les formes courtes juxtaposées évoquent les cycles pour piano ou pour voix. Par ailleurs, le sentiment d'attente dans certaines parties, reposant sur des bourdons aux cordes au caractère quasi-oriental, renvoie aussi à Schubert. Les huit sections, très contrastées, font aussi la part belle au rythme (que les instruments soient en relais ou en homorythmie), et alternent des configurations sonores très différentes, dans la mesure où la hiérarchie soliste-accompagnateur varie sans cesse d'une partie à l'autre. Les Huit moments musicaux ont été créés le 3 février 2008 à Nantes par ses dédicataires : les membres du trio Wanderer. Bruno Mantovani / contemporain / Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano

Par WUORINEN CHARLES. Charles Wuorinen\'s Second Piano Trio was found on his desk at the time of his passing in March 2020. A single, nine-minute movement, it is characterized by a complex, lively rhythmic interplay between the three instruments, in particular a wittily repeated figure of sixteenth-note quintuplets. Upon reviewing Wuorinen\'s third and final draft for this piece posthumously, three of Wuorinen\'s close musical confidant his student, composer Anthony Cornicello, who edited and engraved the work; his partner and manager, Howard Stokar; and his frequent collaborator, cellist Fred Sherry have decided unanimously that while Wuorinen would certainly have added small details to the score, what he has left behind is a complete and substantial piece. It is published for sale as a full piano score with violin and cello parts. This is the last known work completed by Charles Wuorinen. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. Lotta Wennäkoski tells about her 10 minute long work Päärme (Hem) for piano trio: 'We often speak in music of crafting in a figurative sense, and craftsmanship is, for the composer particularly, a traditional professional virtue. I personally have from time to time nevertheless been interested in the concrete images aroused by handicrafts, the way fabrics feel, and sewing. The pi-ano trio Päärme/Hem has a pulsative character, especially in the outer sections, and the idea of steady but erratically colourful stitching prompted the amusing and highly unusual word I chose for the title of the piece. The hemming in this trio is cheerfully brisk, though the result is not al-ways even intended to be over-neat or regular. For noise sounds are also an intrinsic feature of a hand-made texture. As is often the case with me, my source of inspiration in composing was the fact that the Sibelius Piano Trio would be giving the first performance. The slow, melodic material of the static middle section is to a great extent indebted to the knowledge of just how succulently such delicate, inten-sive lines can sound in the hands of ace players.' This product includes the score (=piano part) and parts for violin and violoncello, all in B4 size. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Répertoire / Trio avec Piano

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano