Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
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Composer: Camille Saint-SaensPerformer: Joachim Trio
Performer: John Lenehan
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-05-23
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Pno Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18: Allegro vivace
- Pno Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18: Andante
- Pno Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18: Scherzo: Presto
- Pno Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18: Allegro
- Pno Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92: Allegro non troppo
- Pno Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92: Allegretto
- Pno Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92: Andante con moto
- Pno Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92: Grazioso, poco allegro
- Pno Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92: Allegro
Music reviews of Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
Music Review: Attractive Music, Fine Performances
Rating: 5 Stars
As with many of the media that Saint-Saens worked in both early and late in his career, the First Piano Trio (1863) seems to be widely favored by performers and recording producers over the Second Trio (1892). This can be said as well of the two violin sonatas and the two cello concertos. Generally speaking, the later works are not as unfailingly melodic as the earlier ones and sometimes incorporate greater technical challenges--certainly true of the Second Cello Concerto. Perhaps the Second Piano Trio doesn't involve any special technical challenges, but it is more sedate than the rhapsodic First Trio, with its buoyant, oddly Spanish-sounding first movement and poignant minor-key second movement.
Buoyancy and poignancy may be in shorter supply in the Second Trio, but it is a fine work nonetheless. Unusually cast in five movements, with two semi-fast movements that seem more apt to a divertimento or serenade than a piano trio, the piece has its own beauties: an agitated opening movement that recalls the lovely first movement of Saint-Saens' Violin Sonata No. 1 and an emotionally elusive finale in which the interplay between minor and major keys recalls Schubert. However, the extensive counterpoint points to earlier composers as modeles and suggests that toward the end of his creative life, Saint-Saens pioneered a back-to-Bach movement that would really only catch on after the First World War. Hence perhaps the five-movement structure, more reminiscent of a trio sonata by Couperin than a piano trio by Lalo or Faure.
If the spirit of Schubert haunts the last movement of the Second Trio, that of Schumann seems present in the tender slow movement, which at just over four minutes is if anything too short. And as lovely as much of the music is, the odd, suite-like arrangement seems to unbalance and dilute a work whose outer movements so effectively explore somber emotions. All things taken together, the judgment of performers is probably accurate: the Second Trio doesn't work as well as the more of-a-piece First Trio.
It is still finely entertaining, especially in a performance like that of the Joachim Trio, which is capable of bringing both beauty and ardor to Saint-Saens' varied musical expression. I've heard, and own, other performances of the First Trio (though I haven't heard the highly regarded performance by the Floresant Trio on Hyperion). But on points, I would say the Joachim turn in as fine a performance as I know.
The recorded sound may be a trifle distant but is very true and quite pleasing. At the Naxos price, this is a great way to acquire two of Saint-Saens more attractive chamber works.
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