Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Claudio Bohórquez, Paul Meyer, Eric Le Sage
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA405
Release: 2018
Size: 969 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 ‘Gassenhauer’, for clarinet, cello & piano
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Tema con variazioni
Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38
04. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio
05. II. Adagio cantabile
06. III. Tempo di menuetto
07. IV. Tema con variazioni. Andante
08. V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace – Trio
09. VI. Andante con moto, alla marcia – Presto
With this new series entitled ‘Salon de musique’, Alpha presents recordings made by artists who have enlivened the Festival of Salon de Provence for some years now: the pianist Eric le Sage, who has made many recordings for Alpha, the clarinettist Paul Meyer etc… with cellist Claudio Bohórquez, they have now put two Beethoven trios on disc. By 1798, the year Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Trio for piano, clarinet and cello op.11, he was already well-known in Vienna as a remarkable improviser and an ambitious young composer. the piece was clearly aimed at the enlightened aristocracy, as well as competent musical amateurs. This did not prevent the critics, though universally positive, from judging the score to be over-complex in places. Dedicated to the Empress Marie-Theresa of Austria, the Septet was published in 1802 by Hofmeister, and on being well-received it was then rearranged for various combinations. Beethoven himself made a version for clarinet, cello and piano, op.38 in E Flat major – the one recorded here.