Beethoven: Piano Trios

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Release Date: 23rd Dec 2013
Catalogue No: 94327
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 1 No. 2

Work length33:28

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length12:05

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II. Largo con espressione

Track length9:52

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III. Scherzo: Allegro

Track length3:42

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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length7:49

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost'

Work length29:56

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length10:27

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II. Largo assai ed espressivo

Track length11:04

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III. Presto

Track length8:25

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38

Work length13:35

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro moderato

Track length4:07

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II. Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo

Track length4:24

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III. Rondo: Allegretto

Track length5:04

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3

Work length27:36

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro con brio

Track length9:16

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II. Andante cantabile con variazioni

Track length7:04

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III. Menuetto: Quasi allegro

Track length3:27

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IV. Finale: Prestissimo

Track length7:49

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2

Work length27:54

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Poco sostenuto - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length10:20

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II. Allegretto

Track length4:57

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III. Allegretto ma non troppo

Track length4:45

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IV. Finale: Allegro

Track length7:52

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 44 'Variations on an Original Theme'

Work length12:43

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Trio Elegiaque

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 1 No. 1

Work length29:00

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro

Track length9:38

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II. Adagio

Track length7:01

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III. Scherzo: Allegro assai

Track length4:51

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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length7:30

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (arranged for piano trio by the composer)

Work length33:30

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Adagio - Allegro con brio

Track length12:14

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II. Larghetto quasi andante

Track length10:55

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III. Scherzo

Track length3:41

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length6:40

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Beethoven: Allegretto in E flat major for Piano Trio, Hess 48

Work length3:23

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Trio Elegiaque

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'

Work length38:07

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:51

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II. Scherzo: Allegro

Track length6:20

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III. Andante cantabile ma pero con moto

Track length11:57

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IV. Allegro moderato - Presto

Track length6:59

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 9 in B flat major, WoO 39

Work length6:12

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Trio Elegiaque

Beethoven: Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 63

Work length26:52

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:04

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II. Andante

Track length6:40

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III. Menuetto - Trio

Track length6:12

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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length5:56

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Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 'Gassenhauer', for violin, cello & piano

Work length20:42

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:50

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II. Adagio

Track length5:06

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III. Thema: Pria ch'io l'impegno (Allegretto) mit Variationen

Track length6:46

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Beethoven: Variations in G major on Wenzel Muller's Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a

Work length16:02

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Trio Elegiaque

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38

Work length35:54

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Trio Elegiaque
Recorded: 2012

I. Adagio - Allegro con brio

Track length7:19

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II. Adagio cantabile

Track length8:15

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III. Tempo de menuetto

Track length3:00

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IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante

Track length6:49

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V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace

Track length3:17

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VI. Andante con moto - Presto

Track length7:14

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The piano trio existed, in other guises, long before Ludwig van Beethoven got his hands on it. But he was the composer who would expand the genre beyond all recognition, using his relentless creativity to exploit the piano trio to its full potential.

Beethoven begins his transformation of the genre – after his first two trios in the style of Haydn – with the emancipation of the cello, giving greater individuality to each of the three instruments. Piano Trio Op.1 No.3 foretells – almost ten years in advance – the heroicism of the composer’s ‘middle period’, and Op.70 No.2, written in 1808, is akin to the music of his ‘late period’. He reached new heights of dramaticism in the ‘Ghost’ Trio, with its intense tremolandi, while in the ‘Archduke’ he displayed the sheer symphonic power with which we now associate him. The works are performed here by Trio Élégiaque, an internationally acclaimed ensemble made up of three multi‐award‐winning performers: Laurent Le Flécher, Virginie Constant and François Dumont.

For the bigger part of his life Beethoven occupied himself with the formation of the Piano Trio. It offered him the perfect vehicle for the development of his compositional techniques (the three instruments acting as independent players in the quasi symphonic structures) and the exploration of instrumental brilliance and virtuosity.

Beethoven considered his first three piano trios worthy of his first official Opus number, the number 1, works of great scope, drama and wit. The 2 trios Op.70 form a bridge to late Beethoven, and find an equivalent in the Rasumovsky String Quartets Op.59. The great Archduke Trio Op.97 is magnificent in its symphonic breath and grandeur, one of Beethoven’s longest chamber music works.

This set contains also the shorter works for piano trio, arrangements, and the transcription of the Symphony No. 2 for piano trio, by Beethoven himself.

The young French Trio Elegiaque has already received great critical acclaim for their recording of Messiaen and Dusapin (Diapason d’Or!). They played the Beethoven trio cycle several times in concert series, and their performances bear witness of their insight, enthousiasm and ensemble culture.

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