The three works on this album were composed between 1916 and 1926, a period marked by the First World War and its aftermath.
Composer Biography
Pancho Vladigerov, born in Zurich to a Bulgarian father and Russian mother, was admitted to the Berlin Conservatory at age thirteen and later became an internationally known performer of his own works.
Compositional Technique
Pancho Vladigerov's Piano Trio Op. 4, written during his studies in Berlin, features 'imaginary' folklore with melodic and rhythmic clichés suggesting a broad Slavic character.
Composer Biography
Joaquín Turina, a native of Seville, spent essential years of his artistic development in Paris, absorbing French Impressionism while retaining his Spanish style.
Compositional Technique
Joaquín Turina's Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor features discreetly expanded tonality and his characteristic use of the 'Phrygian' scale.
Performer Biography
Trio Imàge's debut CD, featuring the complete piano trios of Mauricio Kagel, won the ECHO Klassik prize in 2014 for best premiere recording.
Composition History
Frank Martin's Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises was commissioned by an anonymous American music enthusiast in Paris who had a fondness for Irish tunes.
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