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Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 2

1/26/2024, 18 Tracks, 1:00:29

Featuring

  • Anthony Marwood
  • Richard Lester
  • Susan Tomes
  • The Florestan Trio
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performer Biography

The Florestan Trio, formed in 1995, has received numerous accolades, including a Gramophone Award for their Schumann Trios disc and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for chamber music in 2000.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu' Op 121a, based on a theme from Wenzel Müller's 1794 comic Singspiel, were likely revised around 1814, possibly prompted by a revival of the opera in Vienna.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

The first performance of the 'Archduke' Trio was given by Beethoven himself, with violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh and cellist Josef Linke, on April 11, 1814, at the Viennese hotel 'Zum römischen Kaiser'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Archduke Rudolph, younger brother of the Austrian Emperor, was an accomplished pianist and one of Beethoven's composition students.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Beethoven often juxtaposed a broad, lyrical opening movement with a witty, laconic, and faintly cussed Scherzo, as seen in the 'Archduke' Trio.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Allegretto in E flat major, Hess 48, likely dates from around 1790, when Beethoven was emerging from obscurity in Bonn and delighting connoisseurs with his keyboard prowess.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven dedicated a succession of works to Archduke Rudolph, including the Triple Concerto, the fourth and fifth piano concertos, and the Missa solemnis, making Rudolph the most richly endowed dedicatee in musical history.

Source: Booklet

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