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

As in the Florestans' earlier recordings there's no distortion, no ugly bulges or individual eccentricities to learn to tolerate - everything has the ring of truth about it...there's character... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 4th February 2003 More…

From the very opening notes of the piano at the beginning of the disc it is immediately clear that this is going to be an exceptional recording. It has all three of the essential characteristics... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

As an inexpensive means of getting to know Beethoven's first two piano trios this disc may have its merits, but there are considerably greater rewards to be had from the elegantly-shaped and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…

They combine a sense of dialectical urgency, crucial in this work, with a natural conversational intimacy. Pianist Wu Qian, first among equals in this music, has a limpid, sparkling touch, using... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…

The playing of The Florestan Trio is memorable for its lyrical tenderness, its luminous sonorities and its rhythmic buoyancy — BBC Music Magazine More…