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Title: Woldemar Bargiel: Complete Piano Trios Vol.1 Trio op. 20 Trio op. 37

Musicians: Trio Parnassus

Number of CDs: 1

Order Number: MDG 303 0805-2

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Long Overdue Enthusiastic Endorsements The Trio Parnassus, which has just earned sky-high Bargiel's music not only appealed to the mid-century praise for its Reger release, sets out on a long- concert public but also earned enthusiastic critical overdue journey of discovery on this recording endorsements. Schumann named him together with premiere of the complete piano trios of Woldemar Brahms as a "highly ambitious artist of most recent Bargiel. times" in his famous "Neue Bahnen" article. Musical High Society Rave Tradition As we gather from our composer's family tree, the The Trio Parnassus - Chia Chou (piano), Wolfgang Bargiels belonged to Berlin and Leipzig music high Schröder (violin), and Michael Groß (violoncello) - has society. His mother Mariane Bargiel had once been established its own tradition of rave international the wife of Friedrich Wieck, the father of the renowned reviews for its complete recordings of pianist Clara Schumann. Johannes Brahms: Complete Piano Trios Vol. 1-3 All-Star Supporting Cast (with the arrangements of the Sextets op. 18 and 36 Bargiel received a first-class musical education. He for Piano Trio) sang in the famous Berlin Cathedral Choir as a boy MDG 303 0655-2, 303 0656-2, 303 0657-2 and received instruction from the music theory teacher Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn at an early age. Robert Joh. Nepomuk Hummel: Complete Piano Trios Schumann recommended him for study at the world- MDG 3307/08 (2 CDs) famous Leipzig Conservatory, where the great compositional mentors Ignaz Moscheles and Moritz Max Reger: Complete Piano Trios Hauptmann were his teachers. (+ Günter Teuffel, Viola) Friends in High Places MDG 303 0751-2 Bargiel's professional career took him from the Cologne Conservatory to Rotterdam and then to Berlin at Joseph Joachim's special request. From his Berlin base, Bargiel worked with Brahms on the Chopin and Schumann complete editions.

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