
Loewe: Grand Trio, Op. 12 - Beriot: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 58
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1/7Composition History
Carl Loewe's two most famous ballads, Edward (Herder) and The Elf King (Goethe), were both written in 1818 as his opus 1.
Composition History
Carl Loewe's Grand Trio, a chamber work, was written in 1830 and is recorded here for the first time.
Recording & Production
The Göbel-Trio Berlin, featuring Hans Maile (violin), René Forest (cello), and Horst Göbel (piano), performed on this recording.
Composer Biography
Carl Loewe, a German ballad composer, spent 46 years as choirmaster-organist at the Jacobikirche in Stettin (now Szczecin).
Composer Biography
Charles Auguste de Bériot, a Belgian violinist and composer, was orphaned at age nine and later became a virtuoso performer and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire.
Composer Biography
Charles Auguste de Bériot's career as a virtuoso violinist ended in 1858 due to blindness and paralysis of his left shoulder.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Charles Auguste de Bériot's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 58, is a folk-song carried mainly by the two stringed instruments.

















