TANEYEV / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Piano Trios. Leonore Piano Trio - Benjamin Nabarro, Tim Horton, Gemma Rosefield. Hyperion Records

SERGEI TANEYEV
Piano Trio in D major Op 22 [38'37]
1 Allegro [12'26]
2 Allegro molto – Tema con variazioni –
Tempo del commincio [9'59]
3 Andante espressivo – [5'52]
4 Allegro con brio [10'20]

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Piano Trio in C minor [39'19]
completed by MAXIMILIAN STEINBERG (1883–1946)
5 Allegro [10'28]
6 Allegro [4'17]
7 Adagio [9'31]
8 Adagio – Allegro assai [15'03]

Leonore Piano Trio
Benjamin Nabarro - violin
Tim Horton - piano
Gemma Rosefield - cello

Rimsky-Korsakov described Taneyev’s best music as possessing ‘a wealth of beauty and expressiveness’, a verdict with which no one is likely to disagree after hearing the piano trio recorded here. Rimsky was (unjustly) disparaging towards his own, unfinished, trio, which emerges as a brooding, substantial work well worthy of revival.

Hyperion Records CDA68159