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This is the second in a series of releases from the
, each one pairing one of
' three piano trios with a trio by a Viennese composer of the next generation. It's a good idea;
, who was featured on the
in the series (the third will be devoted to the somewhat later
), said that young composers around the turn of the century were trying to outdo each other in writing Brahmsian music. Here, however, the closer for the program is the
, of
. The work, composed when
was 12, is recognizably a product of a world where
was lionized, but it has more to do with
than with
, and as one might expect from a 12-year-old undertaking such a thing, it is pretty far over the top. The
, made up of players from the
, delivers the kind of technically flawless, restrained performance one often hears from such groups. The
is quite elegantly done, but they don't have quite the familiarity with each other to go out on a limb as the
required. Nevertheless, one awaits the final volume in the group's series with interest. Deutschlandfunk's sound from the Philharmonie chamber music room is superb. ~ James Manheim