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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Trio No. 1 Sergei Rachmaninoff Romances op. 21 and op. 38 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Trio No. 4 (Dumky Trio) In 1892, at the age of 18, Sergei Rachmaninov wrote his first piano trio and called it Trio élégiaque. The title can be understood as a self-confession by the composer. Rachmaninoff was notorious for never smiling, let alone laughing. Melancholy was considered his outstanding character trait. It is a kind of symphonic poem for three instruments, in which the operatic and the inspiration of poets such as Pushkin are combined. The word dumky, diminutive for Duma, comes from Ukrainian and means a ballad in poem form, specifically a funeral song of prisoners. During the 19th century, composers from Slavic countries began to use the Duma as a classical form for introverted, introverted compositions. Dvořák's Dumky Trio was premiered in 1891. The work was so well received that it was repeatedly on the programme during a concert tour, with Dvořák himself at the piano, with 40 performances, across Bohemia and Moravia, immediately before the composer left for the USA. In New York, he took over the direction of the National Conservatory of Music, where he encouraged American composers to use their own folk music as a source of inspiration. Soloist: Alexander Panfilov, piano Andrey Baranov, violin Christoph Croisé, cello

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