Even Richard Strauss's earliest works, while not groundbreaking, show a progressive familiarity in his handling of harmonic and structural materials.
Composer Biography
Richard Strauss's father, Franz Josef Strauss, was the principal horn of the Munich Court Opera for 49 years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Richard Strauss's father was a musical conservative who believed that decent music stopped with Mendelssohn and insisted his son follow Mozart and Beethoven.
Performer Biography
The Amelia Piano Trio won the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and has commissioned new music, including a full-length piano trio from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison.
Performer Biography
The Amelia Piano Trio participated in Isaac Stern's Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 2000, and Stern became a mentor to the Trio.
Composition History
Many of Richard Strauss's early chamber works, including the two Piano Trios, were not intended for public performance but to celebrate family events.
Instruments
Max Mandel, the Canadian violist on this recording, plays a 1973 Giovanni Battista Morassi viola, generously lent to him by Lesley Robertson of the St. Lawrence Quartet.
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