Chamber Rolls III

Vigoroso Trio:
Sofia Reznikova piano
Andreas Martinsen violin
Frida Leanne Rogn cello

SVIRIDOV Piano Trio in A minor, Op 6
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67

Two mighty piano trios powerfully depicting Russia’s brutal experiences during World War II. Georgy Sviridov’s music came to be strongly influenced by the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox Church, but his virtuosic piano trio – written during the height of the Leningrad siege – reveals the influence of his teacher Shostakovich. Recently reconstructed and rarely performed, it forms the perfect partner for Shostakovich’s justly celebrated, barbed second piano trio, drawing on Russian and Jewish folk music and confronting the horrors of war.