Beethoven: Piano Trios

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They are striking for the Trio Sōra’s razor-sharp articulation, and ideal balances in both the rhythmic and harmonic realm. Also impressive and welcome is the ensemble’s observance of Beethoven’s... — Fanfare, July/August 2021 More…

Release Date: 20th Nov 2020
Catalogue No: V7085
Label: Naive
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

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

Work length28:39

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Trio Sōra

I. Allegro

Track length8:41

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II. Adagio cantabile

Track length7:57

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III. Scherzo. Allegro assai - Trio

Track length4:48

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IV. Finale. Presto

Track length7:13

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

Work length34:17

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Trio Sōra

I. Adagio. Allegro vivace

Track length12:05

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II. Largo con espressione

Track length10:44

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III. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length3:22

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IV. Finale. Presto

Track length8:06

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

Work length26:41

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Trio Sōra

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:48

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II. Andante cantabile con 5 variazioni

Track length7:08

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III. Menuetto. Quasi allegro - Trio

Track length3:32

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IV. Finale. Prestissimo

Track length7:13

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

Work length27:39

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Trio Sōra

I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length9:39

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II. Largo assai ed espressivo

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III. Presto

Track length7:31

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

Work length29:26

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Trio Sōra

I. Poco sostenuto. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length9:29

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II. Allegretto

Track length5:22

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III. Allegretto ma non troppo

Track length7:06

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IV. Finale. Allegro

Track length7:29

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

Work length42:34

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Trio Sōra

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:24

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II. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length9:20

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III. Andante cantabile ma però con moto

Track length13:37

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IV. Allegro moderato. Presto

Track length7:13

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With this very first recording, dedicated to the corpus of the six piano trios with opus numbers from Beethoven, the Trio Sōra immediately establish a strong identity: that of a training course committed to demanding repertoires, concerned with authenticity and carrying audacity.

With strengths including meticulous exploration of the composer’s manuscripts and correspondence, as well as the rigorous analysis of his scores, Clémence de Forceville (violin), Angèle Legasa (cello) and Pauline Chenais (piano) reveal the extraordinary modernity of a visionary creator, who has been able to develop and revolutionize, from his first opus in 1795, the form initiated by his master Haydn: conceived as concert works of his trios show the singularity of a very contrasted writing, integrating all the elements of the sound and technical specificities of each instrument in contrapuntal combinations. The famous Trio À L'archiduc (op. 97), the last composition of this cycle, appears as a crowning achievement of the genre, a “hymn to nature and love whose humanistic scope is obvious” explains the Trio Sōra. As for the Trio Des Esprits (op. 70), also very famous, it offers the composer to open the doors of a new sound and emotional universe.

Trio Sōra revive here the image of the artist tortured by his deafness. “The more we move forward in the opus,” explains the Trio Sōra, “the more we see the Beethovenian discourse grow a psychological and philosophical dimension. We have discovered a very different face, that of a young man perpetually in love, full of humour and derision, whose sensibility is at the height of his powers.”

Reviews

July/August 2021

They are striking for the Trio Sōra’s razor-sharp articulation, and ideal balances in both the rhythmic and harmonic realm. Also impressive and welcome is the ensemble’s observance of Beethoven’s markings for tempo, dynamics, expression, and articulation. The Trio Sōra favors a rather lean and compact sonority, one that is both attractive, and capable of impressive variety when appropriate.

29th November 2020

[They] approach the Op 1 and Op 70 sets, and the crowning Archduke, with a freshness, vitality and, above all, wit that is entirely captivating. No Beethoven release has given me more pleasure this year.

Beethoven: Piano Trios

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