| Recorded live from Tel Aviv in 1972, this piano trio by Tchaikovsky nears Jacqueline du Pré’s farewell to music; by early the next year, the effects of her sclerosis would become too invasive to allow her playing. In this recording, she is surrounded by the two closest partners of her career: her husband Daniel Barenboim and her long-time friend Pinchas Zukerman.
1. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: I. Pezzo elegiaco. Moderato assai – Allegro giusto (17:56)
2. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (a) Tema con variazioni (0:59)
3. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (b) Variation I (0:46)
4. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (c) Variation II (0:33)
5. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (d) Variation III (0:49)
6. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (e) Variation IV (1:06)
7. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (f) Variation V (0:41)
8. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (g) Variation VI (2:25)
9. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (h) Variation VII (1:14)
10. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (i) Variation VIII (2:19)
11. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (j) Variation IX (3:09)
12. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (k) Variation X (1:35)
13. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (l) Variation XI (2:34)
14. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: II. (m) Variation XII – Finale & coda (7:34) |
