Busch Trio - Piano Trios - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Born of a friendship formed at London's Royal College of Music over 10 years ago and boasting a discography of seven recordings, the Busch Trio takes it's name from the legendary Adolf Busch, whose G.B. Guadagnini violin Mathieu van Bellen has the honour of playing. Van Bellen and the Epstein brothers Omri on piano and Ori on cello now launch their ambitious project of recording the complete Beethoven piano trios. The first instalment contains the Op. 1 trios (Nos. 1 and 3), the first compositions by the young Beethoven who had left his native Bonn to study with Haydn in Vienna in 1792. Although Beethoven did not write a concerto for a wind instrument, he did compose a great deal of chamber music for them, including the Trio in B flat for piano, clarinet and cello (1798), although designing it so that the clarinet part could also be performed on the violin. The playful theme of the variations in the finale earned the trio it's nickname, InchGassenhauerInch; (street or folk song). Album Tracks 1. Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1~I. Allegro 2. Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1~II. Adagio cantabile 3. Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1~III. Scherzo. Allegro assai - Trio 4. Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1~IV. Finale. Presto 5. Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3~I. Allegro con brio 6. Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3~II. Andante cantabile con variazion 7. Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3~III. Minuet. Quasi Allegro - Trio 8. Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3~IV. Finale. Prestissimo 9. Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11 InchGassenhauerInch~I. Allegro con brio 10. Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11 InchGassenhauerInch~II. Adagio 11. Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11 InchGassenhauerInch~III. Tema con Variazioni Pria ch’io l’impegno. Allegretto

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 2. II. Allegretto Grazioso 3. III. Poco Adagio 4. IV. Finale (Allegro Con Brio) 5. I. Lento Maestoso - Allegro Quasi Doppio Movimento - Lento Maestoso - Allegro 6. II. Poco Adagio - Vivace Non Troppo - Poco Adagio - Vivace 7. III. Andante - Vivace Non Troppo - Andante 8. IV. Andante Moderato - Allegretto Scherzando - Meno Mosso 9. V. Allegro - Meno Mosso, Quasi Tempo Primo 10. VI. Lento Maestoso - Vivace - Lento - Vivace

After it's recording of Dvorák's complete chamber music with piano, the Busch Trio now tackles three works by Franz Schubert, including his famous Piano Trio no.2. While the dying composer dedicated this masterpiece 'to nobody, save those who find pleasure in it,' as if urging them to enjoy the life that was gradually ebbing away from him, his InchNotturnoInch for piano trio D 897 expresses an anguish and a sense of tragedy that makes it one of the most eloquent examples of Romantic lyricism. Schubert's early period is represented by his very first piece for piano and strings, the single-movement Sonatensatz D28, which he composed at the age of fifteen. Written following the youthful Schubert's expulsion from the Imperial Choir School in Vienna after his voice broke (he lost his mother the same year), this piece, still heavily influenced by Classicism, offers a troubling counterpoint to the works of his Romantic maturity, which reflect both the joy of creation and the suffering wrought by illness. Album Tracks 1. Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929 2. Piano Trio in B Flat Major, D. 28 'Sonatensatz' 3. Notturno in E Flat Major, D. 897