Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios
he piano trio existed, in other guises, long before Ludwig van Beethoven got his hands on it. But he was the composer who would expand the genre beyond all recognition, using his relentless creativity to exploit the piano trio to its full potential.
Beethoven begins his transformation of the genre -- after his first two trios in the style of Haydn -- with the emancipation of the cello, giving greater individuality to each of the three instruments. Piano Trio Op.1 No.3 foretells -- almost ten years in advance -- the heroicism of the composer's 'middle period', and Op.70 No.2, written in 1808, is akin to the music of his 'late period'. He reached new heights of dramaticism in the 'Ghost' Trio, with its intense tremolandi, while in the 'Archduke' he displayed the sheer symphonic power with which we now associate him.
The works are performed here by Trio Élégiaque, an internationally acclaimed ensemble made up of three multi-award-winning performers: Laurent Le Flécher, Virginie Constant and François Dumont.
Other information:
- Recorded in 2012.
- Contains liner notes on the performer.
- Contains multiple liner notes on the works.
- For the bigger part of his life Beethoven occupied himself with the formation of the Piano Trio (piano, violin, cello). It offered him the perfect vehicle for the development of his compositional techniques (the three instruments acting as independent players in the quasi symphonic structures) and the exploration of instrumental brilliance and virtuosity (Beethoven himself was an excellent pianist).
- Beethoven considered his first three piano trios worthy of his first official Opus number, the number 1, works of great scope, drama and wit. The 2 trios Op. 70 form a bridge to late Beethoven, and find an equivalent in the Rasumovsky String Quartets Op. 59. The great Archduke Trio Op. 97 is magnificent in its symphonic breath and grandeur, one of Beethoven's longest chamber music works.
- This set contains also the shorter works for piano trio, arrangements, and the transcription of the Symphony No. 2 for piano trio, by Beethoven himself.
- The young French Trio Elegiaque has already received great critical acclaim for their recording of Messiaen and Dusapin (Diapason d'Or!). They played the Beethoven trio cycle several times in concert series, and their performances bear witness of their insight, enthousiasm and ensemble culture.
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Kategorie:
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Filmy i muzyka
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Język wydania:
angielski
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EAN:
5028421943275
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Wymiary:
14.0x12.0cm
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Waga:
0.22kg
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#1: Complete Piano Trios CD 5
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1. III. Tempo di menuetto (03:00)
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2. II. Adagio cantabile (08:15)
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3. IV. Andante con variazioni (06:49)
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4. I. Adagio -- Allegro con brio (07:19)
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5. V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace (03:17)
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6. III. Tema: Pria ch'io l'impegno (Allegretto) con variazioni (06:41)
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7. VI. Andante con moto alla marcia -- Presto (07:14)
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8. I. Allegro con brio (08:50)
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9. II. Adagio (05:06)
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10. Introduzione (Adagio assai) -- Tema (Allegretto) con variazioni (15:57)
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#2: Complete Piano Trios CD 3
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1. IV. Finale: Presto (07:24)
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2. IV. Allegro molto (06:34)
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3. II. Adagio cantabile (07:01)
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4. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai (04:51)
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5. II. Larghetto quasi andante (10:55)
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6. I. Adagio -- Allegro con brio (12:14)
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7. I. Allegro (09:38)
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8. III. Scherzo (03:41)
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9. Triosatz in E flat Allegretto (03:23)
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#3: Complete Piano Trios CD 4
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1. IV. Allegro moderato (06:54)
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2. Piano Trio in B flat WoO39 Allegretto (06:08)
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3. I. Allegro moderato (12:51)
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4. II. Scherzo: Allegro (06:20)
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5. IV. Finale: Presto (05:56)
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6. I. Allegro con brio (08:04)
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7. II. Andante (06:40)
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8. III. Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto -- Poco piu adagio (11:57)
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9. III. Menuetto -- Trio (06:12)
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#4: Complete Piano Trios CD 1
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1. III. Presto (08:20)
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2. I. Adagio -- Allegro vivace (12:05)
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3. II. Largo assai ed espressivo (11:04)
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4. I. Allegro vivace (10:27)
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5. III. Rondo: Allegretto (05:04)
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6. IV. Finale: Presto (07:44)
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7. I. Allegro moderato (04:07)
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8. III. Scherzo: Allegro (03:42)
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9. II. Largo con espressione (09:52)
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10. II. Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo (04:24)
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#5: Complete Piano Trios CD 2
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1. I. Poco sostenuto -- Allegro ma non troppo (10:20)
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2. III. Allegretto ma non troppo (04:45)
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3. I. Allegro con brio (09:16)
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4. IV. Finale: Allegro (07:47)
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5. 14 Variations on an original theme: Tema (Andante) con variazioni (14:43)
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6. II. Allegretto (04:57)
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7. II. Andante cantabile con variazioni (07:04)
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8. IV. Finale: Prestissimo (07:43)
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9. III. Menuetto: Quasi allegro -- Trio (03:27)
