San Antonio College Library

In this recording of a concert from the german world heritage site monastery Maulbronn the Trio Fontenay play Piano Trio No. 1, op 35 by the Spanish pianist and composer Joaquin Turina from the year 1926 - a piece previously unrecorded by the Trio.

Partnered by the distinguished pianism of Pavel Gililov, Maisky's intimacy with Strauss's and Dvorák's pieces for cello and piano is the fruit of years of playing and loving these sublime compositions. Maisky's masterly bowing caresses soulful tone out of his 18th century Montagnana cello. Even in thrall to violent emotion, master cellist Maisky oversees his music making from an altitude of heavenly serenity. Classic FM's description of Maisky as...