Volkmar Andreae - Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 1 (1899)

Volkmar Andreae (5 July 1879 – 18 June 1962) was a Swiss conductor and composer. From 1906 to 1949 he led the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and from 1914 to 1939 the Conservatory of Zurich. (He was offered the opportunity of succeeding Gustav Mahler as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1911, but he declined.) Later he worked as freelance composer in Vienna and worked internationally as a conductor (especially with the works of Anton Bruckner). He composed opera, symphony and chamber music, piano, violin, and oboe concertos, piano music, as well as choir music and songs. He died in Zurich.

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Piano Trio No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 (1899)
Dedication: Dr. Karl Munzinger

1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Adagio (10:30)
3. Allegro ma non troppo (19:22)

Locran Ensemble

Details by Edition Silvertrust:
The language of Piano Trio No.1 is very late Romantic or post-Romantic, much in the way that Dohnanyi's early works are. It begins with a powerful Allegro. The composer takes us to a remarkably expressive tonal world, fresh sounding and original. The music is given an expressive sense of forward motion which is in part created by the compelling development section. The middle movement, Adagio, is of the sort Brahms might have written had he lived another ten years. The beautiful opening theme bears a distant relationship to the opening theme of the trio, heard in the Allegro. The middle sections is a very original scherzando. The hand of Brahms can be felt in the finale, Allegro ma non troppo. Though it is unhurried, nevertheless, there is an undercurrent of urgency. A lovely second theme provides excellent contrast.

This first rate work, which never got the hearing it deserved. For its time and type it is a masterwork. Out of print for the better part of a century, we are pleased to bring it back and hope that both professionals and amateurs will make its acquaintance.

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