Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Jacques Thibaud String Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE23430
Release: 2015
Size: 615 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto: Allegretto
04. IV. Adagio
05. V. Menuetto: Moderato
06. VI. Finale
Serenade in D major, Op. 8
07. I. Marcia: Allegro –
08. I. Adagio
09. II. Menuetto: Allegretto
10. III. Adagio – Scherzo: Allegro molto
11. IV. Allegretto alla Polacca
12. V. Andante quasi allegretto – Allegro – Tempo primo – Marcia: Allegro
CD 02
String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
01. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio
02. II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile
03. III. Scherzo: Allegro
04. IV. Presto
String Trio in D major, Op. 9, No. 2
05. I. Allegretto
06. II. Andante quasi allegretto
07. III. Menuetto: Allegro
08. IV. Rondo: Allegro
String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
09. I. Allegro con spirito
10. II. Adagio con espressione
11. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
12. IV. Finale: Presto
The five String Trios are masterpieces of the young Ludwig van Beethoven as he travels towards the string quartet: however, many musicians and scholars have preferred the mature Trios Op. 9 to the subsequent String Quartets Op. 18. With their new double CD, the Thibaud Trio provide an opportunity to rediscover these milestones in the history of the string trio.
Prize-winners in the prestigious 1999 Bonn Chamber Music Competition, the Jacques Thibaud String Trio was founded at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (today: Universität der Künste) in 1994. In its early stages the ensemble was closely related to Laszlo Varga (solo cellist of the New York Philharmonic, cellist of the Borodin Trio) and the pianist Gyorgy Sebók. Later on important artistic impulses came from Adolphe Mandeau and Markus Nyikos. Today the trio consists of Burkhard Maiß (violin), Hannah Strijbos (viola) and Bogdan Jianu (cello).