Nina Tichman, the pianist, is a graduate of The Juilliard School and was awarded the Eduard-Steuermann-Prize for outstanding musical achievement.
Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel, the cellist on this recording, won the Grand Prix of the Paris Concours Rostropovich in 1981, and Mstislav Rostropovich became her mentor.
Composition History
The theme for the 'Gassenhauer Trio' was reportedly given to Beethoven by a clarinettist, Josef Bähr, who requested a set of variations.
Instruments
Maria Kliegel, the cellist on this recording, plays a cello made by Carlo Tononi in Venice around 1730.
Composition History
Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 8, Op. 38, is his own transcription of his popular Septet, Op. 20, which was originally scored for violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, horn, and bassoon.
Composition History
Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 11, is known as the 'Gassenhauer Trio' because its third movement is a set of variations on a popular song from Joseph Weigl's comic opera.
Composer Biography
Beethoven, born in Bonn, settled in Vienna in 1792 and studied with Haydn, Albrechtsberger, and Salieri.
