Xyrion Trio- Piano Trio No 3 / Symphony No 2
Haydn' misgivings about Beethoven' third piano trio were not entirely unfounded: symphonic in conception, it was a breakthrough work-Beethoven' first masterpiece and eventually one of his most popular chamber pieces-and retains it's power to amaze to this day. His Symphony No. 2 also broke through Classical conventions, a scherzo replacing the customary minuet. In the composer's own arrangement for piano trio it loses none of it's impact. The youthful Allegretto in E flat is, in effect, a minuet without the expected trio section.
Tracklist:
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: I. Allegro Con Brio
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: II. Andante Cantabile Con Variazioni
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: III. Menuetto: Quasi Allegro
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: IV. Finale: Prestissimo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): I. Adagio - Allegro Con Brio
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): II. Larghetto Quasi Andante
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): III. Scherzo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): IV. Allegro Molto
- Allegretto In E Flat Major, Hess 48
Haydn' misgivings about Beethoven' third piano trio were not entirely unfounded: symphonic in conception, it was a breakthrough work-Beethoven' first masterpiece and eventually one of his most popular chamber pieces-and retains it's power to amaze to this day. His Symphony No. 2 also broke through Classical conventions, a scherzo replacing the customary minuet. In the composer's own arrangement for piano trio it loses none of it's impact. The youthful Allegretto in E flat is, in effect, a minuet without the expected trio section.
Tracklist:
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: I. Allegro Con Brio
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: II. Andante Cantabile Con Variazioni
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: III. Menuetto: Quasi Allegro
- Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: IV. Finale: Prestissimo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): I. Adagio - Allegro Con Brio
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): II. Larghetto Quasi Andante
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): III. Scherzo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 (arr. For Piano Trio): IV. Allegro Molto
- Allegretto In E Flat Major, Hess 48