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Van Baerle Trio

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Vol. 4 (SACD)

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Van Baerle Trio

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Vol. 4 (SACD)

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Complete Piano Trios Vol. 4

Van Baerle Trio

Challenge Classics / HQ|NORTHSTAR

Catalogue CC72782

 

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Beethoven’s most famous piano trio is dedicated to the Archduke Rudolph, himself an accomplished musician. The importance of Rudolph as a patron can be seen in the number of other prominent works that Beethoven dedicated to him. Beethoven started work on the trio in the second half of 1810, but much of the work was done in March of the next year. Some descriptions give an inkling of how novel a composition this was perceived to be, and a young Ignaz Moscheles reported: “In the case of how many compositions is the word ‘new’ misapplied! But never in Beethoven's, and least of all in this, which again is full of originality.”

A year after the Archduke, Beethoven wrote another piano trio in B-flat major. The autograph dates it 26 June 1812, but besides the similarity in key it is different in every way. It consists of a single movement, was not published during the composer’s lifetime, and was written to encourage the nine-year-old Maximiliane Brentano in her piano playing.

The Trio in E-flat WoO 38 might have been once intended to be part of op. 1 and although there are no extant sketches to support this, the style of the composition makes a dating of around 1790-1 plausible. The trio contains some surprising twists and turns, particularly in its lengthy codas.

The last piece for piano trio that Beethoven published during his lifetime has one of the longest compositional histories of all of his works. It consists of a long introduction, followed by ten variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’ from Wilhelm Müller’s popular opera Die Schwestern von Prag. The first version of this piece was probably composed between 1801 and 1803, but it was substantially revised in 1816, and most likely further revised before publication in 1824.  This final trio therefore includes elements from Beethoven’s early, middle, and late styles.

 

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  1. WoO 39 Allegretto

  2. WoO 38 Allegro moderato

  3. WoO 38 SCHERZO Allegro ma non troppo

  4. WoO 38 RONDO Allegretto

  5. Op. 121a Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu

  6. Op. 97 Allegro moderato

  7. Op. 97 SCHERZO Allegro

  8. Op. 97 Andante cantabile ma pero con moto

  9. Op. 97 Allegro moderato

 



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