Wanderlust Boulanger Trio

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Lyric Pieces, Op. 43:
• 1Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43: To Spring (Arr. For Piano Trio)03:01
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky":
• 2Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": I. Lento maestoso — Allegro quasi doppio movement04:14
• 3Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": II. Poco Adagio — Vivace non troppo06:36
• 4Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": III. Andante — Vivace non troppo06:34
• 5Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": IV. Andante moderato — Allegretto scherzando05:04
• 6Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": V. Allegro — Meno mosso04:11
• 7Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky": Vi. Lento maestoso — Vivace05:05
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): 7 Canciones Populares Españolas:
• 8Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: No. 1, el Paño Moruno (Arr. for Piano Trio)01:16
• 9Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: No. 3, Asturiana (Arr. for Piano Trio)02:31
• 10Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: No. 4, Jota (Arr. for Piano Trio)02:36
• 11Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: No. 5, Nana (Arr. for Piano Trio)01:40
• 12Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: No. 7, Polo (Arr. for Piano Trio)01:18
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1:
• 13Brahms: Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1: No. 4, Poco sostenuto (Arr. for Piano Trio)04:36
• 14Brahms: Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro (Arr. for Piano Trio)02:18
• Manuel de Falla: Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1:
• 15Falla: Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1: No. 17, Andantino (Arr. for Piano Trio)03:13
• Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54:
• 16Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: Notturno (Arr. for Piano Trio)04:27
• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974): Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises:
• 17Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises: I. Allegro moderato04:33
• 18Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises: II. Adagio05:38
• 19Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises: III. Gigue. Allegro05:09
• Total Runtime01:14:00

Info for Wanderlust

On "Wanderlust," the new album on Berlin Classics, the Boulanger Trio explores romantic worlds of feeling, transports listeners to a wide variety of soundscapes, and takes hold of the musical walking stick. With a program that explores through different national schools of composition, they not only combine the great names of the 19th century on one album, but deliver an intelligently assembled soundtrack for a road trip. Founded in Hamburg in 2006 by Karla Haltenwanger (piano), Birgit Erz (violin) and Ilona Kindt (violoncello), the trio is now based in Berlin and Hamburg. In 2007 the ensemble won the 4th Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in Norway, followed by the Rauhe Prize for Modern Chamber Music in 2008. The ensemble has received musical guidance from Hatto Beyerle, Menahem Pressler and Alfred Brendel.

Boulanger Trio

Boulanger Trio
The German newspaper Die Welt described a performance of the Boulanger Trio as “irresistible”, while Wolfgang Rihm wrote in a letter: “To be interpreted in this way is surely the great dream of every composer.”

Formed in Hamburg in 2006 by Karla Haltenwanger (piano), Birgit Erz (violin) and Ilona Kindt (cello), the trio is now based in Berlin. Already in 2007 the ensemble won the 4th Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in Norway, followed by the Rauhe Prize for Modern Chamber Music in 2008. The ensemble has received crucial musical guidance from Hatto Beyerle, Menahem Pressler and Alfred Brendel.

In the past years, the trio has gained an excellent reputation in the world of chamber music, and it was invited to prestigious venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels, Wigmore Hall London and Philharmonie Berlin. The musicians also regularly appear at festivals like the Schleswig‐Holstein Musik Festival, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Dialoge at Mozarteum Salzburg, Ultraschall in Berlin and the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker.

In addition to works of the classical and romantic period, the commitment to contemporary music is an important focus within the trio’s repertoire. The ensemble is collaborating with some of today’s foremost composers including Wolfgang Rihm, Johannes Maria Staud, Friedrich Cerha, Toshio Hosokawa and Matthias Pintscher. They also regularly appear with chamber music partners like Nils Mönkemeyer, viola and Sebastian Manz, clarinet. In 2011, the trio started its own concert series, the Boulangerie, in Hamburg and Berlin. At every one of these concerts, a classical composition is performed alongside a piece of contemporary music. The composer of the contemporary work is always present at the concert and talks with the three musicians about his or her oeuvre.

The range of the Boulanger Trio’s wide repertoire has been documented on five CDs: their latest recording of works by Ludwig van Beethoven was released in July 2014 on Hänssler Profil and has already won Pizzicato magazine’sSupersonic Award. It features alongside the Trios in G major Op. 121a, “Kakadu Variations” and B-flat major Op. 97 “Erzherzog”, the Trio Movement in B-flat major WOO 39. Also released on Hänssler Profil were the 2012 CD with compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich and Peteris Vasks, which was also awarded a Supersonic, and the 2011 recording of works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt and Arnold Schoenberg, which won the Excellentia Award in Luxembourg. Two earlier recordings featuring works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Camille Saint‐Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Wolfgang Rihm and the German first recording of Lili Boulanger’s works appeared on the label ARS Produktion.

The ensemble is named after the sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger, whose exceptional personalities and uncompromising devotion to music continue to be a great source of inspiration to the trio.

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