The young French Trio Cérès won third prize at the
2007 ARD Music Competition in Munich. In their
highly acclaimed interpretation of Ravel’s Piano Trio,
the performers displayed a unique approach to the
timbre spectrum and the peculiar emotionality of
Ravel’s music, coupled with all virtues of a mature
chamber music performance, just as the solistic
authority of all ensemble performers is embraced in
the piano trio.
This altogether convincing and completely independent
competition entry as well as the impression
that these musicians “have something to tell” gave
reason enough to invite the Trio Cérès for a CD
portraitaas part of the OehmsClassics Debut series.
Aside from the Ravel trio, the CD also includes
Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Trio plus a work by 1948 born
composer Philippe Hersant that is related to a theme
by Baroque composer Marin Marais.