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Arensky Piano Trios -
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ROBERT ANDERSON

'The Rachmaninov Trio Moscow plays with obvious affection for the music and enviable skill.'

Arensky: Piano Trios Nos 1 and 2. Rachmaninov Trio Moscow. © 2010 Tudor Recording AG

Arensky was born in what was then Finland. Soon enough he graduated to St Petersburg, where he became a trusted student of Rimsky-Korsakov. Apppointment at the Moscow Conservatoire involved friendship with Tchaikovsky, but he was less sympathetic to the 'Russian handful'...

Copyright © 1 March 2011 Robert Anderson,
London UK

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