The concept behind this release from the Chicago label Cedille, which boasts no less than U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg among its donors, is that each of the three members of the U.S.-based Lincoln Trio has chosen a work from his or her ancestral country. The album works well on the basis of this idea alone; violinist Desirée Ruhstrat (Switzerland), cellist David Cunliffe (Britain), and pianist Marta Aznavoorian (Armenia) have all picked works that are fairly well known in these countries, but not so much ...
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The concept behind this release from the Chicago label Cedille, which boasts no less than U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg among its donors, is that each of the three members of the U.S.-based Lincoln Trio has chosen a work from his or her ancestral country. The album works well on the basis of this idea alone; violinist Desirée Ruhstrat (Switzerland), cellist David Cunliffe (Britain), and pianist Marta Aznavoorian (Armenia) have all picked works that are fairly well known in these countries, but not so much beyond, and all three are worth greater exposure. But this is one of those recordings that gives you the sense of continuing to peel back layers and finding something new at each one. For example, each work uses folk materials in different ways; all are modern in spirit, but none really follow the pattern laid down by the big exemplar in this field, Béla Bartók. Perhaps the Swiss work, Frank Martin's Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises (yes, its material is Irish, not Swiss),...
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Add this copy of Trios From Our Homelands to cart. $32.47, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Cedille.
