Zemlinsky / Mahler / Schönberg
Piano Trios

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Matthias Gredler, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

Neuerscheinung: November 2005
für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm)
MDG 342 1354-2

.... die große Intonationssicherheit des Wiener Klaviertrios, die mit einer feinnervig fließenden Artikulation gepaart ist, kommt der komplexen Expressivität dieser Musik sehr entgegen.

    Michael Schmidt, Bayern 4 Klassik


 


 

Antonín Dvořák
Complete Piano Trios
Vol.II

Piano Trio in g-minor op. 26
„Dumky“ op. 90

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Matthias Gredler, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

Neuerscheinung: August 2004
für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm)
MDG 342 1262-2


 


 

Antonín Dvořák
Complete Piano Trios
Vol.I

Piano Trio in B-flat major op. 21
Piano Trio in f-minor op. 65

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Matthias Gredler, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

Neuerscheinung: Mai 2004
für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm)
MDG 342 1261-2

"Zwei aus tiefer Kenntnis der Werke und ihres Komponisten erwachsene Interpretationen, die jedem der beiden Trios ihr eigenes Gesicht lassen und die Messlatte für den zweiten Teil der Einspielung hoch legen."
Interpretation:***** (Fünf Sterne)

    Christoph Runge, Fono Forum, September 2004


 


 

Franz Schubert
Complete Piano Trios
Vol.II

Piano Trio in B-flat major D 898
Adagio D 897 "Notturno"
Sonata D 28

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Matthias Gredler, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm)
MDG 342 1167-2

"When I want to hear the B flat Trio, this fresh, intensely poetic Viennese performance will now be first off the shelves."

    Richard Wigmore, BBC Music Magazine
    Benchmark Recording



 


 

Franz Schubert
Complete Piano Trios
Vol.I

Trio in E-flat major D.929 , op.100
(finale in both versions)

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Matthias Gredler, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

für MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm)
MDG 342 1166-2

"Die Interpretation lässt kaum mehr Wünsche offen, sie muss zu den subtilsten Darstellungen des Werkes überhaupt gezählt werden."
Interpretation ***** (Fünf Sterne)

    Fono Forum (Juli 2003)


 


 

Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trios Op.21, Op.90 'Dumky'

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"The Vienna Piano Trio is deeply attuned to the style....they have a Viennese willingness to indulge in sentiment, a rapport that makes the performance feel like a conversation among friends, and a high level of technical precision... they make the moody, folk-flavored 'Dumky' an almost transcendent experience."

    Washington Post Sunday
 
 
 

Beethoven
Piano Trios Op. 1, No. 1; WoO 39 Op. 11 'Gassenhauer'

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"But it is their youthful relish of the music's own joie de vivre that I remember most - not forgetting the passing snaps and growls of the E flat Trio's Scherzo and the racy teasing of the variations concluding the so-called 'Gassenhauer' Trio, Op. 11 - here not a shade less piquant with violin instead of the original clarinet."

    Joan Chisell, Gramophone
 
 
 

Haydn
Piano Trios Hob.XV: Nos. 18, 24, 29 & 25 'Gypsy'

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"Among countless other delights in these bold and addictive performances is the sensitivity to the power of silence, and the short, hushed half-tones within the long-breathed lines of the Andante of the A major Trio. And, not least, the perceptive understanding and judgement of the shifting qualities of an Allegro which so well supports the structure of the outer movements of the D major, as well as enabling many a clearly articulated yet fanciful variation in the Gipsy Trio."

    Hilary Finch, Gramophone
 
 
 

Mendelssohn
The Piano Trios

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"Energy bubbles from the outer movements of the first of Mendelssohn's two trios: it is amassed gradually and cumulatively through biting articulation, springing piano playing and a meticulous balance of voices. Stefan Mendl brings clarity and ever-changing light to the long central song without words, and Wolfgang Redik's violin makes this a midsummer night's dream of a Scherzo. Three stars."

    Hilary Finch, The Times
 
 
 

Shostakovich, Schnittke
The Piano Trios

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"These beautiful performances should revive even the most jaded listening palate ... one of the finest new chamber discs to come my way thus far this year. Outstanding in every regard."

    BBC Music Magazine (on NI 5508, Beethoven Piano Trios)
 
 
 

Mozart
Piano Trios K.502, 542 & 548

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"A model of Viennese style: silken string tone, almost telepathic rapport amongst the players, tantalising little variations of tempo, subtle shifts in dynamics... they worked together in the true spirit of chamber music, subtly taking and yielding the spotlight as the moment demanded". Thus wrote 'The Washington Post' about the Vienna Piano Trio in words which could equally describe the three masterpieces on this disc. In Mozart's music the Viennese have a unique empathy and in the Vienna Piano Trio we present the best that the city has to offer.
 
 
 

Beethoven
Piano Trios Op.1, Nos.2 & 3

Vienna Piano Trio
Wolfgang Redik, violin
Marcus Trefny, 'cello
Stefan Mendl, piano

"These beautiful performances should revive even the most jaded listening palate and silence those nay-sayers who continually bang on about the forlorn state of today's record industry, one of the finest new chamber discs to come my way thus far this year. Outstanding in every regard".

    BBC Music Magazine on Vienna Piano Trio, Beethoven Piano Trios Op.1, Op.11
 
 

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