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Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios (Vol. I)

by Guarneri Trio Prague

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Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 1/1 : I. Allegro 10:58
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Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 1/1 : II. Adagio cantabile 06:50
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Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 1/1 : III. Scherzo. Allegro assai 05:13
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Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 1/1 : IV. Finale. Presto 06:26
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Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1/2 : I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 11:19
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Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1/2 : II. Largo con espressione 10:07
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Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1/2 : III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio 03:17
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Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1/2 : IV. Finale. Presto 05:57
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Triosatz in E Flat Major, Hess-Verz. 48 02:43

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In the domain of instrumental music, Beethoven contributed, genre by genre, to the evolution of the models proposed at the end of the 18th century by his predecessors: Haydn and Mozart, of course, but also personalities less well known today such as Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and members of the second generation of the Mannheim School (Franzl, Stamitz, Toeschi, Richter, Holzbauer, Filtz, Wendling, Ramm...). The first really significant collections of trios were perhaps those published by CPE Bach in 1775-1776 under the title of Claviersonaten and which are explicitly for obbligato keyboard “with violin and cello accompaniment”. The keyboard trio is the natural successor to the Sonata a due of the Baroque era such as the sonatas for violin (or flute) and keyboard by J.S. Bach and Handel, rather than the trio sonata which, despite its name, requires four instruments. In Beethoven’s eleven trios, the keyboard occupies the main place, by the very nature of the instrument itself (pizzicato, then struck strings) and probably also due to the fact that Beethoven performed as a concert virtuoso on the piano on which he composed throughout his life. Anyway, the strings are far to be reduced to a simple accompaniment role. In three creative periods (1790-1795, 1809 and 1811), Beethoven took music for this formation from the status of ‘Baroque sonata’ to that of the enlarged instrumental sonata, then a sweeping four-movement chamber work, the keyboard instrument reserving a concertante role for itself, astonishing in its brilliance and power.
The series of Beethoven’s true masterpieces begins with the three great trios he brought out in 1795 - without a certain amount of pride - as his Opus 1, even though he had already accumulated nearly fifty scores in manuscript. The Trio No. 1 still largely shows the mark of Haydn and Mozart, but the writing innovates with the opposition of the two themes and with the existence of an important concluding element which is going to play an essential role in the central development. The Trio No. 2 remains more ‘galant’, close to a divertimento in three of its four movements; the second one provides a stunning contrast with the preceding: the expressive peak of the work, it proposes one of the first truly personal, subjective messages of the young Beethoven. Closing this first volume, the Triosatz is an Allegretto probably dating from the Bonn years of 1790-1792; although the statement of the theme is conventional, its development technique, already foreshadows the young master’s striving for originality.

Awards: Choc of Le Monde de la Musique, Recommended by Classica, 5 of Diapasons

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released January 1, 1998

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Recorded in Domovina Studio, Prague, February and April 1998

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