Sergei Rachmaninov - Trio 258 - Second Piano Trio from the album "The Return"

Teaser video for the debut album "The Return" on Challenge Classics, Trio 258 plays part of Trio élégiaque No. 2, Op. 9 (revised edition 1907) - I. Moderato

Trio 258 and Challenge Classics celebrate the Rachmaninov anniversary (150 years from his birth) with this stunning debut recording by this young piano trio with strong, original and much thought-out ideas.
Their account of Rachmaninov gigantic Second Piano Trio takes the listener back to the ‘period’ playing of the composer’s contemporaries.
Not only – and not just – gut strings, but: more liberty and agility in tempo, rhythm and phrasing, in the quest for the ‘human voice’, which was the romantic basic principle of  interpretation.
This philological venture is anything but a cold ‘case study’. Just listen and get seduced by the warmth and passion of the music and its performance.

Album available from January 6th: https://bit.ly/3IBJ5B1
Lestari Scholtes - piano
Eduardo Paredes Crespo - violin
Leonard Besseling - cello

Photo credits: Ronald Knapp
Cover photo of the album by Juan Carlos Villarroel
Challenge Records International 2023

Видео Sergei Rachmaninov - Trio 258 - Second Piano Trio from the album "The Return" канала Challenge Records International BV