Beethoven - Piano Trios, op.38 & op.81b
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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
Cat No: MDG90322986
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 12th January 2024
Contents
Works
Piano Trio in E flat major, op.38 (after the Septet op.20)Sextet in E flat major, op.81b (arr. N Simrock for piano trio)
Artists
Trio ParnassusMadeleine Przybyl (viola)
Works
Piano Trio in E flat major, op.38 (after the Septet op.20)Sextet in E flat major, op.81b (arr. N Simrock for piano trio)
Artists
Trio ParnassusMadeleine Przybyl (viola)
About
"Send my septet out into the world a little faster - because the rabble is awaiting it," wrote Beethoven to his publisher, alluding to his increasingly widespread popularity, which was quite bothersome to him. The leading violin part of the original septet is primarily given to the right hand of the piano. The violin plays the largely unchanged clarinet part. The left hand of the piano takes over the horn, bassoon, viola and cello. Beethoven extensively reworked the cello part, significantly elevating it and therefore the piece rightly received its own opus number.
Simrock, who also traded in sheet music, was a musician who had a longstanding friendship with the Beethoven family. Beethoven's grandfather, Johann, even conducted the orchestra in Bonn where Simrock played horn and the young Ludwig played viola. Originally a sextet for two horns, two violins, viola and bass, Simrock arranged it for piano trio in a version with viola instead of violin, most likely because the subdued sound of the viola blended better with the cello. This can clearly be heard at the very beginning of the piece. Here, the award-winning violist Madeleine Przybyl plays a viola by Tommaso Balestrieri from 1765.
This Super-Audio CD was recorded in the truly excellent acoustics of Marienmünster Abbey with MDG's trademark 2+2+2 recording technology. This way, Trio Parnasuss's artistic interpretation attains the greatest possible naturalness and vividness. Three stereophonic channels provide a three-dimensional sonic image of the musicians. As this is exactly how the human ear interprets sound, the natural acoustic is preserved and the performance can be realistically recreated for the listener at home.
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