Trio Helios

Trio Hélios – D’un matin de printemps (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:11:04 minutes | 660 MB | Genre: Classical
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Saint-Saëns spearheaded the revival of chamber music in France, paving the way for Fauré, Debussy and Ravel. His Trio op.18, admired right from the start, was a special favourite of the famous Trio Cortot-Thibaud-Casals.

Captivated by its qualities of balance and melodic clarity, Ravel took the work as his model fifty years later in composing his masterpiece, which remained almost unequalled in the Twentieth Century.

Shortly before her death at twenty-four put an end to a meteoric career, Lili Boulanger left two intimate and daring pieces that bear witness to an authentic harmonic genius.

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Trio Hélios – Bohemia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:27 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
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Built around Smetana’s famous piano trio, one of the most renowned in Czech chamber music, this recording highlights two more confidential composers from the land of Bohemia, Zdeněk Fibich and Vítězslav Novák. Their trios, true gems of the repertoire, have not yet been recorded by a French trio; this album intends to revive the brilliance of these poignant works, both of which reflect the intensity of this Mittel Europa at the meeting point of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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