American Moments
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Composer or Director: Arthur Foote, Leonard Bernstein, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 01/2017
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 68
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN10924

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Piano Trio |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer Neave Trio |
Piano Trio No. 2 |
Arthur Foote, Composer
Arthur Foote, Composer Neave Trio |
Author: Caroline Gill
This confusion about whether the programming has been predicated on a fundamental misapprehension or deliberate juxtaposition (and if so, to what end) permeates the whole of the Neave Trio’s survey, which is unsettling. Not least because all three works are treated in largely the same way, with little apparent difference between their generalist approach to the immaturities of the Korngold, the far more complex harmonic material of the Foote and the rhythmic drive and cultural references of the Bernstein. This results in an overhandling of the third movement of the Korngold that rather exposes its shortcomings, a frustrating lack of appeasement in the glorious ascent of the Tranquillo of the Foote, and a lack of technical precision in the Bernstein that leaves it feeling flat in places and undersold in others.
And so, although their boundless enthusiasm is infectious for this repertoire in a way that it was not for their Fauré and Shostakovich (privately issued in 2013), it nevertheless remains frustrating in its lack of discernment.
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