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Mendelssohn : Andante du Trio n°2, par le Trio Dali

En direct du Magazine le 3 juin 2015, le Trio Dali (Jack Liebeck au violon, Christian-Pierre La Marca au violoncelle et Amandine Savary au piano) interprète le second mouvement "Andante" du Trio n°2 Op.66 de Félix Mendelssohn

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My friends are tired of hearing that my top three composers are Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. Beethoven is surely a given, an extraordinary genius who changed the face of music in so many ways. Whether symphonies, piano sonatas or string quartets, Ludwig was incapable of any wrong, and constantly stretched the boundaries in ways unheard of before his outlandish daring. So LvB is top of the tops.

My love of Brahms came later, as if I settled into him as I got older. My music teacher was firmly in the Wagner camp at a time when you had to be either a Wagnerite or a Brahmsian. I never really approved of having to make a choice, and maybe it was a touch of rebelliousness which led me to the music. For whatever reason, I still feel a deep empathy with Brahms, and he'd be my Number Three.

And then there's Schubert! Talk about cramming things into a short life. In less than 32 years he singlehandedly raised song to its highest ever level. It was the songs which brought me to Schubert, and I still thrive on losing myself in the amazing way in which he says so much with such little means. As if the songs weren't enough, there's also his piano music, his symphonies and his chamber music. Any other composer would be guaranteed an everlasting reputation for writing just the Unfinished and the 'Great' C Major symphonies, but this young man wasn't satisfied with that: he had to toss off some of the finest piano music ever written as well and then add to that a body of chamber music which is assured beyond his years. Yes, Schubert is second only to Beethoven in my pantheon.

Among the chamber music, the two piano trios stand out, and it would be difficult to have to do without one or the other even with a gun held to one's head. Fortunately, there are several recordings which offer both, and this 2-disc set is one of the most recent (recorded in 2011). The Trio Dali was formed in 2006, has won numerous competition prizes, and is establishing a reputation as one of the finest trios of its generation. Critics are unanimous in their praise, comparing these young artists to the legendary Beaux Arts Trio or the Stern/Istomin/Rose Trio.

I have several versions of the Schubert Trios, many of which are performed by big-name soloists who don't regularly play together and often fail to ignite the spark that is so important for truly great chamber-music-making. The Trio Dali have this spark in spades. It's invidious to choose between the B flat or the E flat trios. I've chosen this movement from the E flat because that trio comes first on the set, because it's one of my favourite movements in all chamber music, and because its length is just right to satisfy Tumblr's file-size restrictions. What glorious music-making this is! Not only in this movement, but throughout this trio (and indeed throughout the set as a whole) these young players deliver an interpretation of depth and originality way beyond their years. They have an extraordinary ability to delve out contrasts of mood in Schubert's writing which is beyond much more well-known performers. Over and over again, their touch, their sense of pace, their lightness of approach lulls the listener into a relaxed mood, only to be plunged suddenly into profound depths — and achievement which is often realised by the simplest of means, whether an easing of the tempo or a dropping of the dynamic or just a tiny moment's hesitation. This is superb stuff. If I got a chance to hear the Trio Dali in the flesh I'd jump at it. Instantly.