L Beethoven .V. / Rautio Piano Trio- Piano Trios Op. 1 No. 3 Op. 11 & Op. 44 (CD)
The Rautio Piano Trio returns to Resonus with this second volume of Beethoven's Piano Trios, recorded on period instruments. The album features his Op. 11 trio - 'Gassenhauer' - together with his Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3, showcasing the young composer's early mastery of the genre; and his virtuosic Variations for Piano Trio Op. 44. This is the culmination of the Trio's wider project charting the evolution of the piano trio from it's emergence in the mid-eighteenth century, with the music of J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Haydn, through to Beethoven's complex and mature realization of the genre.
The Rautio Piano Trio returns to Resonus with this second volume of Beethoven's Piano Trios, recorded on period instruments. The album features his Op. 11 trio - 'Gassenhauer' - together with his Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3, showcasing the young composer's early mastery of the genre; and his virtuosic Variations for Piano Trio Op. 44. This is the culmination of the Trio's wider project charting the evolution of the piano trio from it's emergence in the mid-eighteenth century, with the music of J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Haydn, through to Beethoven's complex and mature realization of the genre.