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Trio Zimmermann - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio Op.3; Serenade Op.8 (2014)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 17 Nov 2024 14:54:34

The Trio Zimmermann’s previous release of Beethoven’s Trios received excellent reviews and won them the BBC Music Magazine’s Chamber Award in 2013. This next instalment shows us the ‘lighter’ side of Beethoven’s chamber works. The Trio in E flat major and Serenade in D major consist of sequences of six and eight movements respectively, with minuets and marches reminding us of courtly music from an earlier period. However, they are far from ‘old-fashioned’. The adventurous spirit of the young Beethoven is plain to hear, in the exceptionally creative use of textures, thematic development and formal innovation. In this music Beethoven gives each instrument an equal importance and a highly individual treatment. A first-class chamber ensemble is required to meet these demands and this is exactly what the Trio Zimmermann offer, comprised of three exceptional soloists.

The acknowledged masterpieces among Beethoven’s string trios are the three that form Op 9. Trio Zimmermann have already recorded those with aplomb (3/12), and I share Nalen Anthoni’s enthusiasm for that disc. Now comes their follow-up and it’s every bit as absorbing. These earlier pieces have tended to be relatively under-appreciated; true, they may not be the polished masterpieces of the mature composer but they are full of vim and vigour, and unmistakably Beethovenian.

Trio Zimmermann are big on heart and technique but low on ego, which makes for superbly natural-sounding performances. Something as simple as the Andante of the Op 3 Trio becomes a great conversation piece in their hands, sounding even more engaged than in the Leopold’s. The accents that propel the Minuet are beautifully managed, too, as is the strikingly textured Trio section, in which sustained writing for the lower two instruments forms a backdrop for stratospheric violin acrobatics, managed by Frank Peter Zimmermann even more sweetly than Isabelle van Keulen of the Leopold.

It’s no accident that Op 8 is described as a Serenade, and its numerous folky elements are vividly brought to life. Trio Zimmermann are not afraid to play virtually without vibrato at the outset of the minor-key Adagio, to telling effect, making the contrast with the faster movements all the more marked: there’s an oomph to the accents in the opening Marcia and in the more extrovert movements they’re a degree more earthy than the Leopold, notably in the cross-rhythms of the Minuet and the sf accents of the finale. Add to that BIS’s exemplary recording and you have a winner of a disc.

Review by Harriet Smith, Gramophone

Ludwig van Beethoven at Allmusic
Ludwig van Beethoven at Wiki

Frank Peter Zimmermann at Allmusic - Antoine Tamestit at Allmusic
Christian Poltéra at Allmusic

Tracklist:

01. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - I. Allegro con brio (10:26)
02. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - II. Andante (09:24)
03. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - III. Menuetto. Allegretto (03:24)
04. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - IV. Adagio (07:46)
05. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - V. Menuetto. Moderato (03:20)
06. String Trio in E flat major, Op.3 - VI. Finale. Allegro (06:20)

07. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Marcia. Allegro (02:15)
08. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Adagio (06:01)
09. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Menuetto. Allegretto (02:12)
10. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Adagio - Scherzo (03:57)
11. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Allegretto alla Polacca (03:22)
12. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Tema con Variazioni (06:40)
13. Serenade in D major, Op.8 - Marcia. Allegro (02:43)

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