New Release!!! Robert Carl: Music for Strings on New World Records

Performed by the Adasking String Trio plus Annie Trépanier, violin,
Katie Lansdale, violin, and John McDonald, piano.

Includes Open for String Trio and
String Quartet No.2 “Fear of Death/Love of Life”

Review: www.timeout.com/newyork "New World Records has been on a measured but steady winning streak lately...expectations are met and even raised with this new collection of works by Robert Carl.... the real standout on this disc is Open, for string trio...a musical mandala."
More information: www.newworldrecords.org

Complete works for string trio: op.3, op. 8, op. 9/i-iii (2-CD set)
-Ludwig van Beethoven (see details below)

Click here to listen to the 1st movement of Op.9 No.2.

"The Adaskin String Trio is a masterly American group that has been in existence for nine years. They specialize in the rather restrictive world of string trios and have reached a high degree of sophistication in this field. They play with a strong sense of unity that makes these recordings highly desirable. There are another three or four recordings available including L'Archibudelli; Grumiaux, Janzer, and Czako; and Perlman, Zukerman, and Harrell. I don't think that any of those really tops these new performances. A plus is an extremely life-like recording that projects the smallest shadings accurately and places the instruments superbly. Another plus is a 20-page booklet of notes in English. Strongly recommended."
-Bauman, American Record Guide

“Superb playing that holds its own against some formidable past interpretations…the Canadian Adaskin Trio combine a flexible command of flow and phrase with instrumental power and eloquence and a nutty tonal richness. Nothing has been left unexamined, nothing is thrown away, every bar is savoured. With violinist Emlyn Ngai’s aristocratic playing in the lead, and each of the three making riveting individual contributions, the Trio savours the sensuality of Beethoven’s string writing and the intoxicating profusion of tunes while plumbing the emotional depths that lie beneath.”
-Gramophone Magazine

“Musica Omnia has produced a two-CD set that should be in every chamber music-lover’s collection….it confirms the very high caliber of the members of the Adaskin String Trio…a consistently high standard of technical and musical expertise in every one of these five demanding trios. ...robust rhythmic dynamism…in depth understanding and remarkable subtlety. ...one would search long and wide before finding the Beethoven String Trios as well performed, recorded and notated as on this label. There is so much to emulate, stimulate, contemplate and especially to appreciate in the initiative shown by three young Canadians who deservedly command a significant place in the recognition of chamber music excellence.”
-Canadian Viola Society Newsletter

“(their) double CD set of the complete Beethoven string trios gives a very refreshing account of these magnificent works, and demonstrates their very special qualities almost as if they are being heard for the first time.”
-Abbotsford- Mission Times

(for performance reviews please see Publicity)

String trio in E-flat, op. 3
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Menuetto e Trio
4. Adagio
5. Menuetto e Trio
6. Finale: Allegro

Serenade in D major, op. 8
7. Marcia: Allegro
8. Adagio
9. Menuetto e Trio
10. Adagio; Scherzo
11. Allegretto alla Polacca
12. Andante quasi Allegretto; Marcia.

CD 2

String Trio in G major, op. 9/i
1. Adagio; Allegro con brio
2. Adagio, ma non tanto, e cantabile
3. Scherzo: Allegro; (& Trios I & II)
4. Presto

String Trio in D major, op. 9/ii
5. Allegretto
6. Andante quasi Allegretto
7. Menuetto: Allegro
8. Rondo: Allegro

String Trio in c minor, op. 9/iii
9. Allegro con spirito
10. Adagio con espressione
11. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
12. Finale: Presto

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