Spectrum Concerts Berlin - Serenade for String Trio - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The English composer John Ireland drew his inspiration from his country' heritage, it's poetry and it's landscapes. He emerged as a celebrated composer towards the end of World War I, having destroyed almost all of his student works. Album Tracks 1. Allegro 2. Molto Allegro 3. Andante Moderato 4. Finale Vivace 5. Allegro Moderato 6. Nocturne Andante 7. Scherzo Presto 8. Poco Allegro - Grazioso - Meno Mosso - Allegretto - Allegretto Semplice - L'istesso Tempo - Vivace

Ferdinand Ries, Beethoven' friend and pupil, was an exceptionally gifted composer whose prophetic piano sonatas foreshadow Schubert' poignant harmonic language, Mendelssohn' expressively sweet melodies and Chopin' brilliant figuration. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in C Major, Op. 1, No. 1 2. Sonata in A minor, Op. 1, No. 2 3. Sonatina in B Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 1 4. Sonatina in F Major, Op. 5, No. 2

Taneyev was a pupil of Tchaikovsky and a teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. During his lifetime his chamber music was widely considered on a par with that of the great Viennese masters. The String Trio in E flat major, originally scored for violin, viola and the rarely-heard tenor viola, is a mature work with echoes of Mozart and Beethoven. The Piano Quartet in E major is a large-scale, passionate work, sonorous and melodic, with a transfiguring beauty. It has always retained an honored place in the Russian chamber repertoire. Album Tracks 1. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 (1910-11) 2. Piano Quartet in E Major, Op. 20 (1906)