Lugansky . Maisky . Rachlin - Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 2 - complete

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Trio élégiaque in D minor, Op. 9 (1893, 1907, 1917) Nikolai Lugansky, piano Mischa Maisky, cello Julian Rachlin, violin 2008 Verbier Festival [0:00] I. Moderato - Allegro moderato 4:14 [19:30] II. Quasi variazione. Andante - Allegro 21:02 - Lento 23:04 - Allegro scherzando 24:45 - Moderato 26:05 - L’istesso tempo 28:16 - Allegro vivace 30:58 - Andante 31:56 - Moderato 34:32 - Tempo I 36:58 [37:50] III. Allegro risoluto - Moderato 42:22 “There seems to be an unwritten rule for Russian composers that the piano trio is a vehicle especially suited for tributes or memorials. Tchaikovsky, who is memorialized in this Rachmaninoff work, wrote his own Piano Trio as a tribute to the late Nikolai Rubinstein; Anton Arensky wrote his Trio No. 1 in memory of cellist Karl Davidov, and Shostakovich evoked chilling images of the Soviet death camps in his Trio No. 2, which is dedicated specifically to his friend Ivan Sollertinsky. Thi