Trio Areal performs a programme of piano trios at once united by folk music and contrasting in aesthetic, creating a varied and fascinating journey through this most intimate of chamber genres. They move from Frank Martin’s Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises to Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, culminating in the world premiere recording of the Piano Trio No. 3 by Tofig Bakikhanov (b. 1930), one of the most significant of today’s Azerbaijani composers.
