Trío Arriaga. Eudora EUD-SACD-2201 (CD). Gonzalo Noqué, prod. and eng.
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The Tchaikovsky trio, cast in two large movements, frequently struggles to find an identity, or an aesthetic gets dancing accents. The long final variation, perhaps striving for “substance,” is comparatively formal, but the Arriagas keep it purposeful.