Trio Anima Mundi - English Piano Trios - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Of the five English composers featured on this , only two are really known at all - Coleridge-Taylor for Hiawatha and Boughton for The Immortal Hour - but all wrote wonderful music in Romantic style - rather under the shadow of Elgar, Delius, other prominent figures. Rosalind Ellicott had much success and performances in the 1880s before moving from orchestral to chamber music; Forrester was less prolific, concentrating on his teaching career, but has a fine impressionist voice. Warner was very well known as a violist and member of the London String Quartet; he was very busy as a composer with several chamber works, two operas and over a hundred songs to his name. The Trio featured here won the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Prize. Trio Anima Mundi is one of Australia's finest chamber trios; since it's founding in 2008 it has won several international awards and made special efforts to unearth and perform forgotten but worthy works as well as the newest pieces of today. Their previous Divine Art album won rapturous acclaim. Album Tracks 1. Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major-I. Allegro Con Grazia 2. Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major-II. Adagio - Poco Andante - Adagio 3. Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major-III. Allegro Brillante 4. Trio in E minor for Piano, Violin and Violoncello-I. Moderato Con Expressione - Allegro Con Moto 5. Trio in E minor for Piano, Violin and Violoncello-II. Scherzo Allegro Leggiero 6. Trio in E minor for Piano, Violin and Violoncello-III. Finale Allegro Con Furiant 7. Celtic Prelude The Land of Heart's Desire 8. Trio Folk Song Fantasy 9. Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, Op. 22-I. Quasi Fantasia Moderato Con Qualche Licenza 10. Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, Op. 22-II. Scherzo Presto - Pochissimo Meno Presto - Presto 11. Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, Op. 22-III. Finale Andante Moderato - Allegro E Ritmico