Tag: 1871

1871, 1872, 1989, Music

Dvorak Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 (1989) by the Raphael Trio

This collects Dvorak’s two least-regarded piano trios. I didn’t know that while I listened to it, and, now that I know, I’m not quite surprised. The music is certainly pleasant, but one can understand why people haven’t gone crazy over this music, which seems to me as if it could easily have been written in …

1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1874, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1989, Music

The Songs of Henri Duparc (1989) by Sarah Walker, Thomas Allen, Roger Vignoles

For reasons I can’t quite articulate, I find lieder tough to get into. My first reaction is to be a little surprised that this guy’s status in the canon rests on this.