This album features a live recording of the Beethoven Triple Concerto, with Daniel Barenboim directing the Berlin Philharmonic from the keyboard.
Composition History
Beethoven's Triple Concerto provided aristocratic ensembles in imperial Vienna with a model illustrating the possibilities offered by the piano trio.
Composition History
Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, also on this album, is considered a precursor to the choral finale of his Ninth Symphony.
Performer Biography
Violinist Itzhak Perlman recorded the Brahms Double Concerto and Mozart Sinfonia concertante earlier in his career, but waited longer to record Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
Critical Reception
Beethoven's Triple Concerto has often suffered from formal ambiguities, leading to questions about whether it is a triple concerto or a concerto for piano trio with orchestra.
Interpretation
The Triple Concerto's formal ambiguities mean it has been performed by both established chamber groups and ad hoc groupings of individual soloists.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Triple Concerto is unusual because concertos with multiple solo instruments were rare in the Classical and Romantic periods, unlike the Baroque era.
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