Minerva Piano Trio – Dance! (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:06:06 minutes | 2,36 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SOMM Recordings
SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce Dance!, the debut recording by the Minerva Piano Trio, featuring seminal pieces by Stravinsky and Ravel alongside new works by two British composers, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Richard Birchall, and Pulitzer Prize-winning American, Caroline Shaw.Formed in 2013 and acclaimed for their “immaculate technique… high degree of maturity, concentration, commitment and energy” by Classical Source, the Minerva Piano Trio – pianist Annie Yim, violinist Michał Ćwiżewicz, and cellist Richard Birchall – has earned glowing plaudits from audiences and critics alike, Arcana FM marking them as “an ensemble which is clearly going places”, Classical Source declaring “how lucky modern-day composers are to have such expert and sympathetic advocates”, The Times praising them for “the most beautiful sounds”.
Tracklist:
01. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): I. Sinfonia (02:11)
02. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): II. Serenata (03:17)
03. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): III. Scherzino (02:17)
04. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): IV. Tarantella (03:24)
05. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): V. Toccata (02:19)
06. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): VI. Gavotta (01:15)
07. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): VII. Vivo (03:54)
08. Minerva Piano Trio – Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, K034b (Arr. R. Birchall for Piano Trio): VIII. Minuetto (04:33)
09. Minerva Piano Trio – Birchall: Contours: I. Moderate (02:36)
10. Minerva Piano Trio – Birchall: Contours: II. Fast (01:50)
11. Minerva Piano Trio – Birchall: Contours: III. Nocturne – Adagio (01:51)
12. Minerva Piano Trio – Birchall: Contours: IV. Fast Waltz (02:32)
13. Minerva Piano Trio – Shaw: Gustave Le Gray (Arr. A. Yim for Piano Trio) (09:54)
14. Minerva Piano Trio – Frances-Hoad: My Fleeting Angel: I. Larghetto (02:04)
15. Minerva Piano Trio – Frances-Hoad: My Fleeting Angel: II. Allegro spiritoso e scherzando (04:11)
16. Minerva Piano Trio – Frances-Hoad: My Fleeting Angel: III. Allegretto eleganza (02:45)
17. Minerva Piano Trio – Knotts: Scenes from “Daphnis et Chloé” (After Ravel’s M. 57): I. Nocturne (05:19)
18. Minerva Piano Trio – Knotts: Scenes from “Daphnis et Chloé” (After Ravel’s M. 57): II. Pantomime (05:33)
19. Minerva Piano Trio – Knotts: Scenes from “Daphnis et Chloé” (After Ravel’s M. 57): III. Danse guerrière (04:12)
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