


Travel across four centuries with ABC Classic, as we explore the history of one of the most intimate forms of music-making – the piano trio – in Trio Through Time.
The piano trio was often used to reflect the most personal thoughts and musical experimentation of these composers, and this series explores the development of the form, as well as insights into the composers and the cultures in which they lived.
Over 12 weeks in 2019, ABC Classic premiered new studio recordings featuring the
Seraphim Trio (pianist Anna Goldsworthy, violinist Helen Ayres and cellist Timothy Nankervis).
From the Classical elegance of Mozart and Haydn to dramatic Beethoven, ravishing Schubert and glorious Brahms; the flowing grace of Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Mendelssohn, unjustly neglected by history because of her gender; the folk influences of Dvořák; the new musical vision of Ravel; Shostakovich's lament for his time and the distinctively Australian voice of Peter Sculthorpe – the many and wonderful ways in which piano, violin and cello come together into a single musical voice.
Recorded especially for this project in the Eugene Goossens Hall of the ABC’s Ultimo Centre, by ABC Classic’s team of producers and engineers, this landmark series is now available in a 5CD set.
TRACKLISTING
CD1
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756–1791
Piano Trio in G major, KV496
1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Allegretto
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827
Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2
4 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
5 II. Largo con espressione
6 III. Scherzo (Allegro)
7 IV. Finale (Presto)
JOSEPH HAYDN 1732–1809
Piano Trio No. 39 in G minor, Hob.XV:25 ‘Gypsy Rondo’
8 I. Andante
9 II. Poco adagio
10 III. Finale (Rondo all’Ongarese)
CD2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1
1 I. Allegro vivace e con brio
2 II. Largo assai ed espressivo
3 III. Presto
FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797–1828
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D898
4 I. Allegro moderato
5 II. Andante un poco mosso
6 III. Scherzo (Allegro)
7 IV. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
CD3
FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809–1947
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 49
1 I. Molto allegro ed agitato
2 II. Andante con moto tranquillo
3 III. Scherzo (Leggiero e vivace)
4 IV Finale (Allegro assai appassionato)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN 1805–1847
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
5 I. Allegro molto vivace
6 II. Andante espressivo
7 III. Lied (Allegretto)
8 IV. Finale (Allegretto moderato)
CD4
JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8(Revised Version, 1889)
1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
3 III. Adagio
4 IV. Allegro
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841–1904
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 'Dumky'
5 I. Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
6 II. Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo
7 III. Andante – Vivace non troppo – Allegretto
8 IV. Andante moderato – Allegretto scherzando – Quasi tempo di marcia
9 V. Allegro
10 VI. Lento maestoso
CD5
MAURICE RAVEL 1875–1937
Piano Trio in A minor
1 I. Modéré
2 II. Pantoum (Assez vif)
3 III. Passacaille (Très large)
4 IV. Final (Animé)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH 1906–1975
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
5 I. Andante
6 II. Allegro con brio
7 III. Largo
8 IV. Allegretto
PETER SCULTHORPE 1929–2014
9 From Irkanda III
Seraphim Trio
Anna Goldsworthy piano
Helen Ayres violin
Tim Nankervis cello