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Beethoven, Beaux Arts Trio
Archduke & Geister Trios
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Piano Trio In D: Allegro vivace e con brio
2. Piano Trio In D: Largo assai ed espressivo
3. Piano Trio In D: Presto
4. Piano Trio In B Flat: Allegro moderato
5. Piano Trio In B Flat: Scherzo (Allegro)
6. Piano Trio In B Flat: Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto - Poco piu adagio
7. Piano Trio In B Flat: Allegro moderato

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CD Details

All Artists: Beethoven, Beaux Arts Trio
Title: Archduke & Geister Trios
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Philips
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028941289124

Synopsis

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The Beaux Arts threesome take a contemplative, Apollonian view of this work, a reaction to their earlier, lighter reading from the 1960s. They strive for almost too much refinement in their playing of the trio's opening movement, which emerges at a very moderate Allegro moderato and nearly succumbs to local effect. The Andante is the key to their interpretation: where others treat it as a reverie, they see it as a meditation, and take a full 13 1/2 minutes to play it. The recording, an early digital effort from 1981, offers excellent presence, good atmosphere, and lots of detail. --Ted Libbey

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CD Reviews

Elegant and transparent

07/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"At a certain level of performance, it's not a question of what you can play or add to the music, but how you eliminate the non essential. The best performances of the past masters are as simple and direct as possible; treating the composer not as god, but as a brother musician. It's really more a matter of getting out of the way and letting music have her say. I feel that this trio has accomplished this in this recording of these justly famous works. Beethoven's genius shines through and around Beethoven, and none of it is obscured by the Beaux Arts Trio. The recorded sound is as good as my mid range equipment can reveal, and I expect it would survive even closer scrutiny."

The Haunted Sound!

Vincent Zheng | Taichung City, Taiwan | 06/07/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's been a while that one can almost forget the pleasure of remembering the reminiscent melodies in which the elegance of performance goes beyond technical and marketing veneer. The selections of the Beethoven Piano Trios in this CD are sensually evocative. It's hard when one hums the refrain part of the Andante catabile of "Arhduke" without dipping oneself into the beautiful memories. The music stirs your heart!
The arts of performance and modern digital technology are complimentary here. What Beaux Arts Trio has achieved is simply timelessness!"