Trio Con Brio Copenhagen - Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 3 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Trio con Brio presents its third volume of Beethoven’s Piano Trios: electrifying performances of music which reveals the composer at the peak of his powers. Beethoven’s Op.1 Piano Trios began with two works sure to charm Viennese audiences, but in his Piano Trio Op.1, No.3 in C minor, featured on this album, we begin to hear the radical, uncompromising Beethoven in music of volcanic force, contrasted with a sublime slow movement. The ‘Archduke’ Trio, Op.97, marked Beethoven’s final public performance as a pianist, but was also a turning-point in his output, its warm-hued nature combining heavenly serenity with earthy joie de vivre. “Glowing reports hold true. The Trio con Brio Copenhagen clearly occupies a lofty perch in today’s musical scene.” Washington Post “From the first note, Trio con Brio exudes class… both explosive and exquisitely intimate – aspects that this performance delivers with compelling panache.” Strad

Tracklist:
1 Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio 09:49
2 Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Andante cantabile con variazioni 08:05
3 Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Quasi allegro 03:39
4 Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Finale. Prestissimo 07:34
5 Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke Trio": I. Allegro moderato 13:07
6 Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke Trio": II. Scherzo. Allegro 06:43
7 Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke Trio": III. Andante cantabile ma però con moto 12:11
8 Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke Trio": IV. Allegro moderato 06:53