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Beethoven: The Piano Trios & Triple Concerto
£29.99
In stock
Catalogue Number
NI1709
Although Haydn and Mozart contributed much to the piano trio's evolution, Beethoven breathed new life and dynamism into the medium, expanded its size and scale and enriched its thematic and tonal substance. His trios provided a benchmark for the further flowering of the genre in the nineteenth century, as exemplified in the works of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Dvorák.
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch was founded in 2009 and comprises three of the finest international instrumentalists performing today. Playing chamber music together at the Pablo Casals Prades Festival Hagai Shaham and Raphael Wallfisch recognised an immediate musical synergy. Arnon Erez joined them for trio concerts in Lucerne and the Netherlands later that year and the Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch was established.
Manufacturer: Wyastone Estate Limited, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, NP25 3SR
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Reviews:
"...certainly some fine playing here from these three seasoned practitioners." Richard Wigmore, Gramophone Magazine
"Beethoven took the Piano Trio from the hands of Mozart and Haydn, and, in his inimitable way, brought it back to life and made it more dynamic. If his Op. 1 trios were criticised as ‘confused explosions’, his final works, exemplified by the Archduke Trio, represent Beethoven in complete control of the genre. Beethoven played in the premiere, his last appearance on the stage as a pianist, due to his profound deafness.
In this 4-CD set of Beethoven’s Piano Trios, the Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch (Hagai Shaham on violin, Arnon Erez on piano, and Raphael Wallfisch on cello) cover Beethoven’s trios from Op. 1, through the Archduke Trio, Op. 97. Also included are the Clarinet Trio, Op. 11, written in 1798, and Op. 121a, Ten Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’ from Wenzel Müller’s Die Schwestern von Prag (The Sisters from Prague), originally written in 1803 and published in 1816 when the singspiel was revived. The recording takes advantage of the Trio to include the Triple Concerto, Op. 56 of 1804, performed with the Orchestra of the Swan, led by Eckehard Stier.
The trio, founded in 2009, plays with authority. Hagai Shaham and Raphael Wallfisch first met at the Pablo Casals Prades Festival and they were later joined by Arnon Erez on piano. Each performer has a significant solo career in addition to their chamber music works." Maureen Buja, Interlude
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Allegretto for Piano Trio in B Flat Major, WoO 39
Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1: IV. Finale. Presto
Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11 'Clarinet Trio': II. Adagio
Ten Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu', Op. 121a: III. Variation
Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2: III. Allegretto ma non troppo
Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke': IV. Allegro moderato
Triple Concerto, Op. 56: II. Largo
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