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Title: Nice Chamber Music
Review: I recently came to know the music of the Russian composer Anton Stepanovivh Arensky (1861-1906). He was Rimsky-Korsakov's student at the St Petersburg Conservatory in 1879. After graduation in 1882, he began teaching music, having Rachmaninov and Scriabin among his students. He became a conductor, and was appointed Director of the Imperial Chapel in 1895.The 1st of his 2 Piano Trios was published in 1894, and the 2nd was composed in 1905, a year before his death. The 1st Trio is one of his best-known chamber compositions, while the 2nd is far less known. However, both show Arensky's skills in writing instrumental compositions. The 1st Trio seems more dynamic, with nicer melodies and themes.The trios are performed by 3 members of the well-known Borodin Quartet, taking at this occasion the name Borodin Trio. They are excellent Russian performers, who emigrated from the Soviet Union and settled in Canada.
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