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HAYDN Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, HOB XV:25
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 18 in G major, HOB XV:5
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 28 in D major, HOB XV:16
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat major, HOB XV:10
Recorded in 1952
Total duration: 53:56
Jean Fournier, violin
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
Antonio Janigro, cello
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These are the recordings from which I first learned Haydn trios, on Westminster LPs XWN 18610 and 18611. Which means, of course, that I am biased toward the performances. But let’s try to be analytical about them. These three artists all had important solo careers in Europe, where they were considered among the top rank. They also had much experience as an ensemble, as testified by their Westminster recordings of much of the piano trio repertoire: Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. Aided by natural-sounding Westminster recordings, their “Archduke” and Schubert trios were the preferred recordings of the 1950s; I still have two of those three LPs on my shelves and have never found a preferable Schubert E♭.
These late mono recordings, c.1957, do not yet reflect the period-instrument movement, which had begun to make waves in Vienna with H. C. Robbins Landon’s Haydn Society productions. Nevertheless, these artists were sensitive musicians, and their Haydn is consistent with the period; in Hob. XV:25 perhaps closer to Beethoven than to Mozart. Paul Badura-Skoda’s playing has something of the joie-de-vivre of Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. But Pressler’s pearly tones dominate those performances, whereas all three artists contribute equally here. Only in Haydn’s late trios does the cello become a full partner, but Antonio Janigro makes the most of his part in every one.
Pristine’s Andrew Rose has replicated Westminster’s trademarked “Natural Balance” honestly and accurately. Although this disc may be most appreciated by those with nostalgia for the originals, no serious record collector could go wrong with it. For those who prefer “complete” sets, I recommend Haydn Trio Eisenstadt—also on modern instruments—on eight inexpensive Phoenix Edition CDs
(Fanfare 32:5). James H. North
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Haydn’s exquisite Piano Trios brilliantly executed
In superb fully XR-remastered sound quality for the first time
The chief source for this release was a c.1957 Westminster LP. A particularly good copy of an excellent set of recordings, it was further enhanced by XR remastering. The final Trio, No. 23 in E flat, was sourced from a British HMV release, licensed by EMI from Westminster (it appeared on XWN 18611) as a side-two filler to the ensembles recording of Schubert’s Trio No. 2 in E flat.
If anything, the earlier Westminster pressing was superior to the HMV disc, though both were pretty immaculate. The main difficulty faced here was simple identification of the trios – Haydn wrote a good number, and as with much of his output there is confusion both in terms of numbering, order of composition, and possibly even how many he actually wrote.
The numbering here is based on renowned Haydn scholar H. Robbins Landon’s ordering, which bears no relation to the numbering on the LPs (which did not list the Hoboken numbers) – Westminster numbered these in the following order::, No 1, No. 28, No. 30 and No. 17. Finally, the first movement of Trio No. 23 is listed here as Allegro moderato, which is how it appears on a recent issue by the Beaux Arts Trio. It is marked on HMV’s LP as Andante – yet the present tempo is noticeably swifter than that of the Beaux Arts…
Andrew Rose
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HAYDN Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, HOB XV:25
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 18 in G major, HOB XV:5
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 28 in D major, HOB XV:16
HAYDN Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat major, HOB XV:10
Recorded in 1952
Transfers from Westminster XWN18610 9) and HMV XLP 20067
Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, May-July 2010
Cover artwork based on photographs of Fournier, Janigro and Badura-Skoda
Total duration: 53:56
Jean Fournier, violin
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
Antonio Janigro, cello
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