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THE TIDES OF LAMENTATION

Melvyn M. Sobel | Freeport (Long Island), New York | 08/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rachmaninov's soul-searching, sorrow-laden Trio Elegiaque, Op. 9, composed at the death of Tchaikovsky in 1893, and forming an incomparable Slavic nexus of anguish and lyricism, receives here what is unquestionably the finest performance I've ever heard. The Golub/Kaplan/Carr Trio, individually master musicians all, likewise unites in the most astounding collaboration of vision, intuitive artistry and emotional breadth. In their hands, tides of lamentation and grief rise and fall, inevitable, endless. It's a wondrous sadness that permeates this work and etches itself into one's heart. The rapt melancholy of the Andante variations, especially, captured so sensitively by pianist Golub, whose playing is more than exceptional throughout, is an incredibly moving experience; and, combined with the simpatico talents of Kaplan and Carr, awesomely so. The earlier Trio of 1892, not published until 1947, could be easily mistaken for a discarded movement from the Op. 9, were it an actuality, its thirteen melodic minutes awash in the "lugubrious" give and take of what will become its poignant successor.The recorded sound has a lovely burnished, autumnal glow that supports the G/K/C Trio and allows them the widest freedom of expression.[Running time: 60:49]"

A Pianist to Remember

Bruce M. Adolphe | New York | 07/30/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording offers listeners a chance to hear one of the greatest pianists of our time, David Golub, who died at the age of 50 only a few years ago. David Golub's majestic playing in these works is the rarest kind of music-making, where the most astonishing virtuosity is at all times employed in the service of a great musical imagination. His connection to the music is profound, his love for it is clearly heard throughout. His colleagues, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Colin Carr, play beautifully and also with passion and intelligence. The Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio was one of the most accomplished and important ensembles on the American chamber music scene for many years. We are lucky they recorded such fine repertoire before David Golub died too young. Everyone who loves the Romantic chamber music literature should own this disc, which is a classic already.





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