Dmitri Shostakovich:
Trio for violin, violoncello and piano No. 1 in C minor, op. 8

Hans Werner Henze:
Sonata da camera for piano, violin, violoncello

Jannik Giger:
Caprice for violin, violoncello and piano

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor - Lento lugubre

Claude Debussy:
Trio in G, L.3

On this Covello-record, the up-and-coming Swiss piano Trio Rafale follows the fascination “Jugendwerk”. In doing so, the young musicians have selected several pieces for their line-up which are characterized by an astonishing mastery. With lots of musical detail and playfulness, the early works of Shostakovich, Henze, Giger, Rachmaninoff and Debussy become a real listening experience. It‘s hard to believe that these pieces were composed by teenagers.

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Recording: Radiostudio (Studio 1 Brunnenhof), Zürich, 23rd-25th August 2015