Hermann Goetz - Piano Trio, in G minor

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Hermann Goetz (1840-1876)
Piano Trio, Op.1 (1863)
in G minor
I. Langsam - Feurig [00:00]
II. Sehr ruhig [10:03]
III. Flüchtig, erregt [15:03]
IV. Mässig rasch - Ziemlich lebhaft [19:34]
Performers: • Goetz: Piano Chamber M...
Score from: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Goetz...

[@christianwouters6764]

I don't like that kind of chamber music, not because the music itself, but of the annoying habbit of the performers to play with way to much stress on their instruments, as if they want to say, hey! I have the most important part here !

[@filipmakesnoise8404]

What? That makes zero sense - how do you even "play with way too much stress on your own instrument"? This is a perfectly balanced performance of an unusually beautiful piece with a lot of depth in it not dissimilar to Mendelssohn trios. Any weaker parts of this composition sound still great thanks to the outstanding work of the chamber ensemble performing it.

[@christianwouters6764]

@@filipmakesnoise8404 It sounds bad mainly because the timbres of strings and piano are incompatible, as Wagner quite justly commented.

[@imagomundiful]

@@christianwouters6764
1.there have been billions of works written for combinations of piano and strings and that is just your opinion.
2. sadly there is no historical performance of this music where the piano is less overpowering and the string players would use less vibrato and gut strings.

[@christianwouters6764]

@@imagomundiful I never liked the combination but couldn't say what precisely was bothering me untill I read that remark by Wagner who was surely more insightful than I am. Your point 2 is valid: the modern huge piano's overpower the tiny violin completely, even when it has steel strings.