-Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942)
-Performers: Wolfgang Meyer (Clarinet), Mischa Meyer (Cello), Markus Hadulla (Piano)
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in d minor, op. 3, written in 1895-96
00:07 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
13:14 - II. Andante
21:31 - III. Allegro
The Trio for piano, clarinet & cello in D minor, Op. 3, from 1896, of the Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky is a work of conservative Romanticism modeled on Brahms' own trio scored for the same instruments of 1892. Indeed, the closing Allegro in D minor of Zemlinsky's Trio takes its main theme directly from the main theme of the parallel movement in Brahms' Trio. Nor is Brahms the only influence apparent in Zemlinsky's work: the opening Allegro ma no troppo in D minor sounds distinctly Slavic with echoes of Tchaikovsky and Dvorák in its themes and the central Andante's big sentimental tune in D major recalls the gestures of the passionate second theme of the closing movement of Mahler's First Symphony. Despite these imitations, Zemlinsky's Trio is an appealing and well-made work by a minor master of the fin de siècle.
[allmusic.com]
