Ned Rorem's Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra was commissioned for the two soloists heard on this recording: Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson. It is programmatic in nature in that Rorem ascribes titles to each of the movements (e.g., "Looking" and "Conversation at Midnight"). What Rorem does differently, however, is leaves the ...
This recording of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's Beethoven trio cycle has been around before, on Arabesque -- though no recording dates are listed, these recordings were made in 2000 and 2001. Koch is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of this esteemed chamber ensemble by making available again some of their past catalog, and Beethoven: ...
A duo album featuring violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson may raise high hopes for a wonderfully musical chamber music experience. Surprisingly, however, Conversations is really only mediocre at best. The highlight of the album is David Ott's composition Conversations, commissioned by Laredo and Robinson, which cleverly depicts six ...
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio is a first-rate group of soloists and its performances as an ensemble are tight but flexible, strong but sensitive, and colorful yet cogent. All of the usual suspects are on this recording -- Ravel's Trio for violin, cello, and piano; the Sonata from violin and cello, and the Sonata for violin and piano -- as ...
This two-disc recording of the Shostakovich Complete Trios & Sonatas is a re-release of performances from 1995 and 1996 originally sold under the Arabesque label. The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, one of the most long-standing and venerable piano trios in existence, recorded these works in live performances, so while there are occasional ...
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