English Piano Trios Trio Anima Mundi

• Rosalind Ellicott (1857 - 1924): Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major:
• 1 Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major: I. Allegro con grazia 09:07
• 2 Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major: II. Adagio - Poco andante - Adagio 11:13
• 3 Piano Trio No. 1 in G Major: III. Allegro brillante 08:31
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912): Piano Trio in E Minor:
• 4 Piano Trio in E Minor: I. Moderato con expressione - Allegro con moto 04:36
• 5 Piano Trio in E Minor: II. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero 01:43
• 6 Piano Trio in E Minor: III. Finale. Allegro con furiant 02:26
• Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960):
• 7 Celtic Prelude (The Land of Heart's Desire) 07:10
• James Cliffe Forrester (1860 - 1941):
• 8 Trio: Folk Song Fantasy 13:00
• Harry Waldo Warner (1874 - 1945): Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 22:
• 9 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 22: I. Quasi fantasia. Moderato con qualche licenza 08:21
• 10 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 22: II. Scherzo. Presto 04:10
• 11 Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 22: III. Finale . Andante moderato 07:05
• Total Runtime 01:17:22

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This recording continues TAM's Piano Trio Archaeology, featuring the world premiere recording of five works, distributed globally on the Divine Art label.

Of the five English composers featured on this release, only two are really known at all Coleridge-Taylor for Hiawatha and Boughton for The Immortal Hour but all wrote wonderful music in Romantic style rather under the shadow of Elgar, Delius, other prominent figures. Rosalind Ellicott had much success and performances in the 1880s before moving from orchestral to chamber music; Forrester was less prolific, concentrating on his teaching career, but has a fine impressionist voice. Warner was very well known as a violist and member of the London String Quartet; he was very busy as a composer with several chamber works, two operas and over a hundred songs to his name. The Trio featured here won the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Prize. Trio Anima Mundi is one of Australias finest chamber trios; since its founding in 2008 it has won several international awards and made special efforts to unearth and perform forgotten but worthy works as well as the newest pieces of today. Their previous Divine Art album won rapturous acclaim.

Trio Anima Mundi

Trio Anima Mundi
has become noted for its eclectic and diverse programming, presented with welcome energy and persuasive authority’. In 2011 the trio continues its visionary approach of bringing to audiences a dynamic mix of well-loved works alongside many little-known jewels of the piano trio repertoire. Its players, Kenji Fujimura (piano), Rochelle Bryson (violin) and Melissa Chominsky (cello) are recipients of numerous awards both in Australia and abroad, and have diverse professional lives in Melbourne. Formed in 2008, Trio Anima Mundi has been praised for its “...sumptuous string duets that surge out with heartfelt magniloquence” and for the “...voluminous riches of the keyboard…” (The Age).

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