The Fidelio Trio have been dazzling audiences with their dramatic, eloquent and passionate performances on stages across the world for many years. Shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, they lavish loving care and sensitivity to their works to produce effortlessly beautiful concerts.
The Trio are champions of the piano trio genre and in this concert present a diverse programme including Philip Glass, Kevin Volans, David Lang and John Zorn. Their performances are bright and electrifying, exploring texture, harmony and melody through new compositions and fresh approaches to classical pieces.
'The trio construct the wonderfully detailed sound worlds impressively: chilly false harmonics shimmer and form whirlpools of ambience, while icy cluster chords receive impeccable tuning.' The Strad
'The sound of this Trio is irrestistible....' The Herald
The Fidelio’s interpretation possesses admirable clarity and definition, polish and brio, qualities they bring also to a very different world of sound in the Ravel Trio. In both works their interpretative touch is secure, their rapport instinctive. Together with their eloquence and passion, this all adds up to something special.
Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice, November 2016.
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Fidelio Trio transfigure the music they play… The Fidelio lavished much loving care and attention on this work transforming the anguished, nervous and bitter first half into a mood of consolation and liberation in the second…
Seen and Heard International, Cheltenham Festival, July 2016.
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Their playing of these ‘new’ works on this present CD is remarkable… One of the best modern chamber music records I have heard in a long time.