Yugen Trio - Haydn, Schubert & Ravel: Awaken (2024)

For their debut album, the Yugen Trio presents what is arguably the cornerstone of the Piano Trio repertoire: Maurice Ravel’s trio, in a vital and highly expressive performance. Ravel’s masterpiece is preceded by the usually claimed ‘father of the piano trio’, Haydn, with his trio in A major, Hob.XV:35, and by one of Shubert’s compositions from his teenage years, the delightfully mozartian trio in B-flat major D. 28. A voyage from the origins to the culmination of the piano trio, brought with sensitivity and intensity by the Yugen Trio.

Tracklist
01 - Piano Trio in A Major, Hob.XV_35_ I. Capriccio (Allegretto)
02 - Piano Trio in A Major, Hob.XV_35_ II. Menuet
03 - Piano Trio in A Major, Hob.XV_35_ III. Finale (Allegro)
04 - Sonatensatz in B-Flat Major, D. 28
05 - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67_ I. Modéré
06 - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67_ II. Pantoum (Assez vif)
07 - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67_ III. Passacaille (Très Large)
08 - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67_ IV. Final (Animé)