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

by Guarneri Trio Prague, Pascal Moraguès

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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : I. Adagio - Allegro con brio 09:54
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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : II. Adagio cantabile 08:00
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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : III. Tempo di minetto - Trio 03:24
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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : IV. Tema con variazioni 07:07
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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace 03:04
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Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in E Flat Major, Op. 38 (after Septet, Op. 20) : VI. Andante con moto. Alla marcia - Presto 07:30
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (arranged for piano trio by the composer) : I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 13:47
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (arranged for piano trio by the composer) : II. Larghetto quasi andante 11:27
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (arranged for piano trio by the composer) : III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio 03:30
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (arranged for piano trio by the composer) : IV. Finale. Allegro molto 06:43

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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.
Beethoven’s Septet Op. 20, first performed in 1800, was for many years his most popular and most successful work. By virtue of its riches of harmonic colouring and easily appreciable form, combined with fine flexibility of structure, it appealed greatly both to connoisseurs and to music lovers generally. Beethoven’s own reported sayings show that he himself was not averse to such arrangements when they helped his original compositions to become more widely known without distorting their basic musical content. The version of the Septet as a Piano Trio was published in 1805 as Op. 38 and is one of the few instances of an arrangement of an original work made by Beethoven himself. The Second Symphony was completed in 1802, and its arrangement for piano trio appeared in March 1804, by the hand of Beethoven too. The predominant parts almost always fall to the piano, but the other two instruments are not reduced to the status of dispensable extras as was still often the case in period’s piano trios. Beethoven therefore generally but by no means rigidly followed the orchestral version, bearing in mind both its salient characteristics and the demands of his own piano trio writing.

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

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released January 1, 2000

Guarneri Trio Prague (Ensemble)
Pascal Moraguès (Clarinet)

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