Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Trio is a late work (1923) which at once aroused the admiration of his contemporaries and is now regarded as one of the finest trios in the French repertory. The much less well-known Trio of Gabriel Pierné, premiered a year earlier, is characterised by its solid architecture, its great melodic richness, and a notably inventive rhythmic style. Two masterpieces that make an eminently logical coupling.
GABRIEL PIERNÉ [1863-1937] Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 45 · I. Agité, de mouvement et de sentiment (17'49) · II. Allegretto scherzando (8'36) · III. Modérément lent (12'35) GABRIEL FAURÉ [1845-1924] Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 · I. Allegro ma non troppo (5'55) · II. Andantino (8'03) · III. Allegro vivo (4'32)
