Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Arnold Schoenberg - Piano Trio; Verklärte Nacht (Amsterdam Piano Trio)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Arnold Schoenberg

• Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
• Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (arr. Henk Guittart

Amsterdam Piano Trio

    Anna Lipkind-Mazor, violin

    Dmitry Prokofiev, cello

    Andrey Gugnin, piano

Date: 2026

Label: Hyperion

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This debut recording by the Amsterdam Piano Trio brings together two works separated by just seventeen years yet historically contrasting in style: the Piano Trio in A minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg. The Schoenberg work is presented in a new, first recording arrangement for piano trio by Henk Guittart, highlighting a continuity between late Romanticism and early modernism. Performances by pianist Andrey Gugnin, violinist Anna Lipkind-Mazor, and cellist Dmitry Prokofiev emphasize the expressive dialogue between these contrasting yet connected musical worlds.

The Amsterdam Piano Trio — pianist Andrey Gugnin, violinist Anna Lipkind-Mazor, and cellist Dmitry Prokofiev — brings together extensive international experience from leading venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Vienna Konzerthaus. Formed as a concept-driven ensemble, they aim to reimagine the piano trio as a dynamic dialogue between three independent solo voices rather than a single unified entity. Their programming often combines solos, duos, and a central masterwork, emphasizing contrast, interaction, and narrative structure. Based in the Netherlands, the trio balances canonical repertoire with rediscovered works, including the Dutch premiere and forthcoming recording of Henk Guittart’s arrangement of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht.

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