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Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2

8/4/2023, 8 Tracks, 1:20:21

Featuring

  • Alexander Sitkovetsky
  • Isang Enders
  • Wu Qian
  • Sitkovetsky Trio
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composition History

The 'Archduke' Trio, Op. 97, is dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who was also Beethoven's distinguished piano and composition pupil.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Alexander Sitkovetsky plays a 'Parera' Stradivarius violin from 1679, and Isang Enders plays a Carlo Tononi cello from Venice, 1720, both on loan from the J. & A. Beare Violin Society.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

The 'Archduke' Trio had its first public performance in April 1814 with Beethoven himself on the piano, marking his last public appearance as a pianist due to his profound deafness.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Beethoven's Op. 1 trios were innovative, increasing the number of movements from three to four by adding a scherzo (or minuet) and giving the cello a fully independent part.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Sitkovetsky Trio has won multiple awards, including the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Awards and the NORDMETALL Chamber Music Award.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Beethoven dedicated his Op. 1 trios to Prince Carl von Lichnowsky, who he described as 'one of my most loyal friends and promoters of my art'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's three piano trios, Op. 1, elevated the genre from entertaining salon music to rival the string quartet, considered the 'most demanding form of chamber music'.

Source: Booklet

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