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Background: Rachmaninov had seen Tchaikovsky in perfect health only days before the latter's sudden death in 1893 and, like many others, was overcome with shock and grief at the unexpected loss. He began work on his Elegiac Trio on the day of Tchaikovsky's death and completed it two months later.

Shostakovich wrote the Trio in E minor as a memorial to his closest friend, the musicologist Ivan Sollertinsky, whose sudden death at the age of 41 devastated the composer. The Trio also reflects Shostakovich's rage against Hitler for the suffering caused by the German invasion of the Soviet Union and for the Nazi's genocidal persecution of the Jews.

CATALOGUE NR: 2564619372
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.23 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 24-Jan-2005

COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninov  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Trio elegiaque in D minor op.9 (Rachmaninov). Piano Trio No.2 in E minor op.67 (Shostakovich).
ARTISTS: Dimitri Makhtin   Boris Berezovsky   Alexandre Kniazev  

- Apr-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2005 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This superb team have the full measure of these Russian trios'

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