Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a composer featured on this album, began a teacher-pupil relationship with Alexander von Zemlinsky, another composer on this album, at age 11, at the recommendation of Gustav Mahler.
Compositional Technique
Alexander von Zemlinsky's Piano Trio in D Minor, Opus 3, influenced Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who emulated Zemlinsky's method of returning themes from previous movements in his own Piano Trio.
Historical Context
The music of Alexander von Zemlinsky, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Ernest Bloch was banned, and their lives and careers upended, by the Nazi regime.
Performer Biography
The Pacific Trio, featuring violinist Roger Wilkie, cellist John Walz, and pianist Edith Orloff, was founded in 1979 and has performed over 1,000 concerts in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Critical Reception
Prominent composers Richard Strauss and Giacomo Puccini praised Erich Wolfgang Korngold's early work, with Strauss calling his style and harmony "truly astonishing" and Puccini calling him "the greatest hope of German music."
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in May 2013 at the Soka Performing Arts Center, Soka University, Aliso Viejo, California, with Fred Vogler as audio producer and engineer.
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