This is the third time this disc appears in my Blog [28th January 2010] & [10th September 2011], and what a lovely disc it is too, each of the members of this Trio are no superstars, and outside this Trio i've never heard of them before, but their interpretation of the Tchaikovsky Trio is excellent, and it's good to hear this wonderful work yet again.
The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio are from Russia, they began in 1994, and of course have mainly been active in Russia, but they've recorded 3 discs on the Hyperion label, this one was recorded in 2000, the front cover is fantastic, it's a painting by Nikolai Sergeyev entitled 'The Secret Garden', a lovely piece of art couched in dark greens, depicting a lake in a forest, the half lights produce a sense of mystery, and the highlights in the water are gorgeous, Hyperion have chosen a truly excellent painting for this disc.
Usually the highlight of the whole work is the individual variations, but on this listen i just so loved the Variazione, Finale e Coda, it's played with such passion, and it's such a great culmination to everything that's gone before, it's those heavy chords that the Piano plays that get me every time,
Here's the Variazione, Finale e Coda being played on YouTube.
