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The Verdeht Trio “American Images 7” – Works of HUTCHESON, GERSHWIN, WINLER, MADSEN – Crystal

by Audiophile Audition | Jul 31, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

The Verdehr Trio, “American Images 7” = JERE HUTCHESON: Rondo Brillante; Nocturnes of the Inferno; PAMELA MADSEN: Sea Change 2; DAVID WINKLER: Warhol Appassionata; GERSHWIN (arr. Armand Russell): Promenade – The Verdehr Trio (Walter Verdehr, v./Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clar./Silvia Roederer, Deborah Moriarty, David Renner, p.) – Crystal Records CD972, 68:05, (2/09/16)****: A legacy album to conclude a very important series. In the chamber music realm, the combination of violin, clarinet and piano has been one of my favorites (my clarinet player side coming out) and has a very rich twentieth century repertoire due in no small part to the commissioning legacy and four decades of artistry of Walter and Elsa Verdehr. It is absolutely amazing the breadth and variety of the more than one hundred works that this husband and wife duo has given us over the years. Their trio has included a few different pianists over the years, including the present Silvia Roederer, performing the Madsen, Winkler and Gershwin works, Deborah Moriarty, featured on Hutcheson’s Nocturnes of the Inferno and David Brenner, on the Rondo Brillante. The combined training, recording resume and teaching positions held of all these amazing musicians is beyond impressive. This recording, the last in their twenty-two […]