Piano Trio No. 1 in G, Op. 12 (1871)
1: I Allegro moderato
2: II Allegretto
3: III Lento
4: IV Allegro spiritoso

Piano Trio No. 2 in E, Op. 90 (1898)
5: I Andantino tranquillo
6: II Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
7: III Intermezzo: Allegretto grazioso
8: IV Andante
9: V Allegro molto

Piano Trio No. 3 in A, Op. 134 (1908)
10: I Modéré – Poco tranquillo
11: II Lento molto espressivo
12: III Allegretto
13: IV Allegro

Méditation pour violon et piano, Op. 124 (1906)
14 Lent – Un poco animato – Lent

World premiere recordings

Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
Sergey Levitin (violin)
Josephine Knight (cello) [Piano Trios only]

Multi-Channel/Stereo
All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel
This Hybrid SACD can be played on any standard CD player

Even in his own lifetime, Paul Lacombe (1837-1927) was a neglected figure. Encouraged by Bizet in the 1860s, Lacombe’s music was played regularly at the Société Nationale de Musique in the 1870s alongside Franck, Saint-Saëns, and Fauré. But Lacombe never settled in Paris, preferring to live in the quiet obscurity of Carcassonne, his native town. He was praised by the critic and composer Henri Collet for chamber music in which the instruments were “admirably treated,” and for the imaginative freedom with which he used cyclic forms. This disc is a chance to rediscover a fascinating lost figure in French music: neglected but utterly distinctive.