Daniel Barenboim & Kian Soltani & Michael Barenboim – Complete Mozart Trios (2019) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Daniel Barenboim & Kian Soltani & Michael Barenboim – Complete Mozart Trios (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:29:06 minutes | 1,53 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Daniel Barenboim is no stranger to complete collections. Glutton that he is, he records them several times over, whether it’s Beethoven’s Sonatas, or as here, Mozart’s Trios (already recorded for EMI in 2006 with violinist Nicolai Znaider and cellist Kyril Zlotnikov). And so it’s not the immortal Amadeus that we are hearing so much as a portrait of Barenboim that ages with the years. The accomplished artists create a close dialogue, greedily following each other’s music. Amongst all these scores, can we detect an aesthetic vision? The scores follow one after the other, like at a family musical soirée, with a convivial, sweetish piano sound – likely a matter of sound quality rather than sherry consumption – in particular on the Piano Trio in B Flat Major, K.502, but also in the opening passages of the Allegro of the Piano Trio in E Major, K.542, whose dramatic dimension is somewhat lacking here. But at least the piano doesn’t overshadow the strings or upset the balance required in these tightly-wound, respected works. Mozart’s chamber music isn’t simple: the contrapunctual writing builds a delicate world whose poetry is flavoured by harmonies and chromatism. Daniel Barenboim has found some fitting partners. – Elsa Siffert

Tracklist:
1. Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254: 1. Allegro assai (09:07)
2. Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254: 2. Adagio (09:15)
3. Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254: 3. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto (07:04)
4. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496: 1. Allegro (12:05)
5. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496: 2. Andante (06:10)
6. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496: 3. Allegretto (10:34)
7. Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, K. 502: 1. Allegro (12:04)
8. Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, K. 502: 2. Larghetto (07:46)
9. Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, K. 502: 3. Allegretto (06:19)
10. Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542: 1. Allegro (11:03)
11. Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542: 2. Andante grazioso (03:52)
12. Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542: 3. Allegro (07:25)
13. Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548: 1. Allegro (11:19)
14. Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548: 2. Andante cantabile (11:38)
15. Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548: 3. Allegro (04:44)
16. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564: 1. Allegro (07:18)
17. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564: 2. Andante (06:14)
18. Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564: 3. Allegretto (05:09)