{"id":8164,"date":"2018-09-17T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8164"},"modified":"2020-08-19T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T12:00:14","slug":"hans-gal-and-dmitri-shostakovich-piano-trios-on-avie-records-briggs-piano-trio","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/hans-gal-and-dmitri-shostakovich-piano-trios-on-avie-records-briggs-piano-trio\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans G\u00e1l and Dmitri Shostakovich- Piano Trios on Avie Records (Briggs Piano Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8151\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-420x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gal-Shost-cover-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-introduction\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"label\">TITLE: G\u00e1l, Shostakovich: Piano Trios<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"label\">COMPOSER:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avie-records.com\/composers\/gal\/\" rel=\"tag\">G\u00e1l<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avie-records.com\/composers\/shostakovich\/\" rel=\"tag\">Shostakovich<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"label\">ARTISTS: Briggs Piano Trio<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>Sarah Beth Briggs, piano<br \/>\nDavid Juritz, violin<br \/>\nKenneth Woods, cello<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"label\">RELEASE DATE: 17th August 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"label\">CAT NO: AV2390<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"label\">SUMMARY:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Continuing AVIE\u2019s acclaimed and influential series of recordings of the music of Austrian \u00e9migr\u00e9 Hans G\u00e1l, this latest release brings together two of today\u2019s most eminent G\u00e1l interpreters, Sarah Beth Briggs and Kenneth Woods with violin virtuoso David Juritz for a recording of G\u00e1l\u2019s breathtakingly lyrical Piano Trio in E major and his witty Variations on a Popular Viennese Tune. G\u00e1l\u2019s music and destiny was shaped by war and political upheaval, as was that of Dmitri Shostakovich, whose Piano Trio in E minor, one of the monuments of 20th century chamber music, is a harrowing souvenir of the times in which it was written.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Briggs Piano Trio play trios by G\u00e1l and Shostakovich - A Preview of AVIE AV2390\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYSchOfb8ak?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-section-title tracklist\">TRACKLIST:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Hans G\u00e1l (<\/strong>1890 \u2013 1987)<br \/>\n<em>Piano Trio in E, Op. 18 (28.41)<br \/>\n<\/em>1. I. Tranquillo ma con moto (11.58)<br \/>\n2. II. Allegro violento (5.42)<br \/>\n3. III. Adagio mesto (11.01)<\/p>\n<p>4.<em>Variationen \u00fcber eine Wiener Heurigenmelodie, Op. 9<\/em>\u00a0(7.10)<br \/>\n(Variations on a Popular Viennese Tune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dmitri Shostakovich\u00a0<\/strong>(1906 \u2013 1975)<br \/>\n<em>Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67\u00a0<\/em>(27.08)<br \/>\n5. I. Andante (7.36)<br \/>\n6. II. Allegro con brio (3.05)<br \/>\n7. III. Largo (5.15) \u2013 Hans G\u00e1l\u00a0<em>Concerto for Piano &amp; Orchestra<br \/>\n<\/em>8. IV. Allegretto (11.12) Mozart\u00a0<em>Piano Concerto No. 22, K482<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Total time: 63.05<\/p>\n<p>Recording: 11\u201313 March 2018, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK<br \/>\nRecording produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-G\u00e1l<\/p>\n<h3>REVIEWS<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8154\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-420x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-420x537.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-744x950.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-1200x1533.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020-600x766.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0020.jpg 2011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>Editor&#8217;s Choice, Gramophone Magazine<\/strong>. &#8220;This is a powerful and measured interpretation of\u00a0arguably the greatest piano trio of modern times&#8230;.\u00a0Recommended with all possible enthusiasm.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2018\/09\/16\/gramophone-editors-choice-for-piano-trios-of-gal-and-shostakovich\/\">Guy Rickards &#8211; Gramophone Magazine\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Briggs Trio\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">responds to the style with enormous affection, following the mood changes from passionate to witty with eagle ears, and it sounds as if they have been living with the music for a long time. For capturing their wide tonal and dynamic palette in the recording, Simon Fox-Gal &#8211; the composer&#8217;s grandson &#8211; deserves special mention. Five stars.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2018\/09\/17\/bbc-music-magazine-on-briggs-trio-gal-and-shostakovich-on-avie-records\/\">Martin Cotton &#8211; BBC Music Magazine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europadisc.co.uk\/classical\/138564\/Gal%20-%20Piano%20Trio,%20Variations;%20Shostakovich%20-%20Piano%20Trio%20no.2.htm\">Recording of the Week, EuropaDisc<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;this is an unusually interesting and involving disc that should be on the shelves of anyone with an interest in 20th-century chamber music&#8230;From the pained intensity of the opening and the memorial stillness of the Largo to the sardonic humour of the scherzo and the emotional hig<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">hs and lows of the \u2018Dance of Death\u2019 finale with its Jewish-flavoured melodies,\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/david.juritz?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCBSVvVt9jDYS7x-txLM8naCo6iEqxgSAAU8uYlEIqHwR7USldHQKo8CNyOQe281uPu7-cdtcAJp-yAKMMLEVG6lRQNnZ0hyIfvWosYvDqdI1PxWdEntbDFXqmf8LuiFiciLt4pKX0jddsD3BSx7wVmOazPm8FlhRGQVxerip2WnhXGZ-Ta&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=663414399&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">David Juritz<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kennethwoodsconductor\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCBSVvVt9jDYS7x-txLM8naCo6iEqxgSAAU8uYlEIqHwR7USldHQKo8CNyOQe281uPu7-cdtcAJp-yAKMMLEVG6lRQNnZ0hyIfvWosYvDqdI1PxWdEntbDFXqmf8LuiFiciLt4pKX0jddsD3BSx7wVmOazPm8FlhRGQVxerip2WnhXGZ-Ta&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=160315780685770&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Kenneth Woods, conductor<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sarahbethbriggspianist\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCBSVvVt9jDYS7x-txLM8naCo6iEqxgSAAU8uYlEIqHwR7USldHQKo8CNyOQe281uPu7-cdtcAJp-yAKMMLEVG6lRQNnZ0hyIfvWosYvDqdI1PxWdEntbDFXqmf8LuiFiciLt4pKX0jddsD3BSx7wVmOazPm8FlhRGQVxerip2WnhXGZ-Ta&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=1016058231820141&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Sarah Beth Briggs<\/a>\u00a0don\u2019t miss a trick. This, as much as the two G\u00e1l pieces, is a performance of huge dedication and expressive honesty&#8230;\u00a0<\/span>G\u00e1l weaves a movement of considerable interest, with some beautifully crafted textures in the development and coda&#8230;he Briggs Piano Trio are excellent advocates of this music, preserving its essential charm, never over-forcing the livelier passages, and achieving an impeccably judged balance between parts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For G\u00e1l enthusiasts, like myself, this release will be self-recommending. The Briggs Piano Trio\u2019s immaculately tailored performances, enhanced by superb sound quality, get my warm-hearted recommendation.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/classrev\/2018\/Aug\/Gal_trio_AV2390.htm\">Stephen Greenbank &#8211; MusicWeb International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; of a qualifying merit to make this performance of Shostakovich\u2019s E-Minor Piano Trio a top contender. 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