Jean
Fournier (violin)
Antonio Janigro (cello)
Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)
Recorded
in 1954, issued as Westminster LPs 52-84 & 52-42
Download ID: 213474/413371
(Duration
61'23")
Divertimento
in B flat, K254
Trio
in G, K564
Trio
in B flat, K502
Play
sample movement:
We continue
our reevaluation of recordings made by Jean Fournier, Antonio Janigro
and Paul Badura-Skoda with their complete Mozart Piano Trios, of which
this is the first of two volumes. The first of these, written in August
1776, was entitled a Divertimento by the composer and came some
ten years before the Trio in B flat (K502). Its style is perhaps
closer to a violin sonata, with the cello largely relegated to echoing
the bass line of the piano.
That said,
the violin hardly takes centre stage in the Divertimento either
- indeed in all three works here we find excellent piano music supported
by violin and underpinned by cello. Indeed these works rate amongst Mozart's
finest compositions for the piano - the Trio in G (K564) was originally
conceived as a piano sonata, with the string parts added some time later.
Thus we
have some marvellous Mozart, which is perhaps nowhere near as well known
as it deserves to be (a check in the recording catalogues shows not a
single LP available in the UK of Mozart's trios in the late 1970s, for
example), superb playing, and excellent recordings brought back to life
thanks to the mercurial touch of vinyl maestro Peter Harrison. Take a
listen to our sample, the opening movement of the Divertimento,
and see if you can resist it!
Find
out more:
Divertimento
in B flat, K254 1st Movement - Allegro assai
