Frédéric Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, Op.8 (Broja, Jakowicz, Bauer)
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
- The Piano Trio, Op. 8, is a composition in G minor for piano, violin and cello, by Frédéric Chopin, written in 1828 or 1829, and published in 1829, dedicated to Antoni Radziwiłł.
It has four movements:
I. Allegro con fuoco (00:02)
II. Scherzo (8:29)
III. Adagio sostenuto (14:36)
IV. Finale: Allegretto (20:35)
A typical performance lasts approximately 25-27 minutes.
Everything suggests that Chopin wrote the last notes onto the score of the Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 during the spring of 1829. The Trio is a composition of considerable weight, and in some respects it is similar to the Piano Sonata in C minor. It, too, is a cycle with a sonata structure, but scored for different forces: piano accompanied by violin and cello. This is a design of a dramatic character. It is a musical drama in four acts, but a drama con lieto fine: with an ending that is generally cheerful, but not devoid of a certain melancholy. Such a character is imparted to this work by its principal key: G minor, the same key that impressed its melancholy sound on one of the famous last three symphonies of Mozart.
For Chopin, the Trio in G minor turned into a task, a challenge and an adventure all in one. During his studies with Elsner, he must have had some contact with chamber music. He had already written a couple of works for piano with orchestral accompaniment: the ‘Là ci darem’ Variations, Rondo à la krakowiak and Fantasy on Polish Airs.
Circumstances of a private nature induced him to compose a Polonaise in which the piano struck up a dialogue with a cello. Chopin wrote it in Antonin, for Antoni Radziwiłł and his daughters. The Trio would be dedicated to Radziwiłł, but it was meant as a ‘homework’ piece - part of the curriculum of his studies with Elsner. It is also the only work from the composer’s early years that is representative of chamber music. In his late years, Chopin would take up an equally weighty task in this kind of music. The result would be a masterwork: the Sonata in G minor for piano and cello, and one may see the G minor Trio as presaging that late fulfilment.
Chopin composed the Trio on and off, and with some difficulty. He began writing it in 1828. In the autumn of that year, on returning from Berlin, he informed Tytus Woyciechowski: ‘The Trio is not yet entirely finished’. But for some unknown reason, he set it aside and turned to writing the Rondo à la krakowiak. Only after completing the Rondo, and so in the spring of 1829, did he return to the score of the Trio. The premiere took place more than a year later, in August 1830, in the drawing-room of the Chopins’ home, in the presence of Żywny and Elsner.
One may concur with Tadeusz Zieliński that the Trio ‘undoubtedly belongs among the masterpieces of the chamber music of its times, although the composer had not yet achieved the utmost freedom in employing instruments that he had not previously used’. The fact that this represents Chopin’s chamber music debut would appear to explain another property of this work, perhaps more important than its lack of ‘the utmost freedom’ in employing hitherto unused instruments. To a significant extent, the Trio brings an encounter with echoes of music previously heard. In his virtuosic and concert works, Chopin adopted and modified, in his own individual way, models taken from music created by pianists of the brillant current: Hummel and Moscheles, Ries and Kalkbrenner. In his chamber music debut, one hears echoes of music heard on a higher level: above all in Beethoven and Schubert, although Hummel also occasionally comes through.
Rich performance by Jan Krzysztof Broja on pianoforte, Jakub Jakowicz on violin, and Andrzej Bauer on cello playing on period instruments.
What’s your favorite chamber piece by Chopin?
Hot take, but I actually like the sonata for cello and piano!
@@JoshyG I agree!
@@JoshyG not even a hot take! Definitely Chopin’s best chamber piece
This performance is full of admiration and emotion
Reminds of Hummel. I love the fortepiano sound!
Wow. This is probably the one version that's as good (if not better!) than the Ax-Frank-Ma interpretation. Excellent sound balance between the instruments, more rubato even in the strings...great performance, thanks!
No problem!
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I was wondering how the upper registers of the piano sounded so lyrical yet restrained, then I read the description. The middle and low registers are very modern though, I like it.
What piano was used in this recording? Sounds like 1830-40 pleyel
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Nice but not up there with cello sonata or the second sonata.
Kinda funny that this sounds more like Schubert than Chopin.
He did take inspiration from the late classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert) and also from his friend Mendelssohn.
There's not a single hint of Mendelssohn in Chopin's far superior music. And although they were acquainted they were not friends. And when this piece was composed, Chopin was stir in Poland and would not have heard anything by his European contemporaries : Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt etc until he traveled to Vienna, Germany, and France.
@@remomazzetti8757 LOL. You do know that, Chopin had traveled to Berlin in 1828 to hear Mendelssohn play, but was too shy to introduce himself. When Chopin had his first public recital in Paris in 1832, Liszt and Mendelssohn both attended. Chopin made a strong impression on Mendelssohn. They met, became friends and stayed in contact for the rest of Chopin's life. And also, in 1845 Chopin told Mendelssohn in a letter:
“Let me remind you that even if you do possess *friends and admirers* worthier and closer to you, none is more sincere than I.”
@@remomazzetti8757 You say that Chopin's music is "far superior". I will not make judgements about the two composers' output as a whole, because I appreciated that we all have our tastes. However, if we were to compare the piano trios of Chopin and Mendelssohn, it is clear who would come out on top. This work, as interesting as it may be, is an early work that does not rise to the level of mature Chopin, and is certainly not on the same level as Mendelssohn's two fabulous trios.
@@christopherfleming7505 Exactly!
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Wonderful piece, but far more Hummel than Chopin.