Mendelssohn's 'Piano Trio No 1'

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[usonian]

1. OK, you made me comment.

This is a beautiful trio, and one of the first I got in MMO (Music Minus One) format. Everything but the piano.

The piano part is incredibly difficult to play. Look at Thomas Hoppe go to town on that wonderful grand piano.

I got the MMO first as vinyl ?, then cassette tape, then as CD.
I have one more piece of vinyl to rip.

ATOS Trio: https://www.atostrio.de/atos-trio-en

The Pianist is assisted by the famous Paige Turner.

Another fabulous piece with some great difficulty is Franck's Sonata in A

I got that Music Minus One long ago. The slow theme was used by ( I think it was) KDFC long ago.

Another theme they used was Rachmanimoff's Second Symphony, slow movement; the one that starts with a clarinet riff.

The Paul Huang, Gilles Vonsattel duo! Intense.
Look! The pianist is using an iPad instead of a printed score.

A note on Music Minus One.
Most of the works came with a CD and printed score.
The printed score has marks for "tap, tap" which the pianist can hear in split channels, in order to get in sync with the orchestra when it has been silent for a while, or whenever the authors decided it was needed.

Latest versions of MMO come with NOTHING!
You download the audio and the score, with the "tap, taps" in the PDF file.


Audio comes in two forms. One with soloist and orchestra, and the other form is split-channel, both separate.
So, a three movement piece will have 6 audio files.

I have not played either of these. Tough pieces.

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2. Okay. "You made me 🤎 you...

I didn't want to do it..."

Yes I did.🤭