Schumann - Kinderszenen-Achatz - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

?With the three piano trios, Op. 1, Ludwig van Beethoven took a genre still largely associated with salon music and raised it up to rival the string quartet. The works are innovative in form as well as in content. From this collection, the Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2, appears as a cheerful and engaging work. While it has been said that one could discern 'the master's happy youth [...] still unclouded, light and frivolous', hints of 'the deep seriousness and tender intimacy that would follow' can also be found. Knowing very well that well-placed dedications could result in princely rewards, Beethoven dedicated his Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97, to the Archduke Rudolph of Austria, hence it's nickname, 'Archduke' Trio. With this work, Beethoven bade farewell to the genre with arguably his most important contribution, a trio of which a critic wrote that in it 'genius, art, nature, truth, spirit, originality, invention, execution, taste, power, fire, imagination, loveliness, deep feeling and lively jesting entwine in sisterly harmony'. After the success of it's Ravel and Saint-Saëns trios recording [BIS-2219], the Sitkovetsky Trio presents the eagerly awaited second instalment of it's series devoted to Beethoven's piano trios. Details 1. I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace [12 09] 2. II. Largo Con Espressione [10 31] 3. III. Scherzo Allegro [03 44] 4. IV. Finale Presto [08 02] 5. I. Allegro Moderato [13 41] 6. II. Scherzo Allegro [11 03] 7. III. Andante Cantabile Ma Però Con Moto - [12 55] 8. IV. Allegro Moderato - Presto [06 55]

Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in a Minor 2. No. 2 in a Major 3. No. 3 in a Minor 4. No. 1. Andante Molto 5. No. 2. Allegretto 6. No. 3. Leidenschaftlich Schnell 7. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck 8. Lebhaft, Leicht 9. Rasch Und Mit Feuer 10. Mit Leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 11. Allegretto 12. Lebhaft 13. Nicht Schnell 14. Lebhaft 15. Rasch 16. Langsam, Mit Melancholischem Ausdruck 1. Ziemlich Langsam - Lebhaft 2. Sehr Lebhaft 3. Leise, Einfach 4. Bewegt 5. Ziemlich Langsam - Lebhaft 6. Intermezzo Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell 7. Scherzo Lebhaft 8. Finale Markirtes, Ziemlich Lebhaftes Tempo

R. Schumann - Poetische Miniaturen [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/01/1993