Trios Sonatas

1. Elegy for trumpet, strings & piano
Composed by Jeff Tyzik
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

2. Quintet for winds No 2
Composed by David Maslanka
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

3. Litany of the Holy Spirit, hymn
Composed by Peter Hurford
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

4. Gaillarde for Trumpet & Piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

5. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.9 in C minor, Z. 798
Composed by Henry Purcell
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

6. For the Fallen
Composed by Douglas Guest
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

7. Sonata in four parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.7 in C major, Z. 808
Composed by Henry Purcell
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

8. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.11 in F minor, Z. 800
Composed by Henry Purcell
with Claire Giardelli , Florence Malgoire , Marianne Muller , Alice Pierot , Aline Zylberajch , Aline Zylberajch , Les Nieces de Rameau

Tracks:

Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.1 in G (Andante Con Moto)
Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.2 in g (Allegro)
Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.3 in E flat (Andante)
Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.4 in b (Presto)
Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.5 in G (Quasi Allegretto)
Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.6 in E flat (Andante Amabile E Con Moto)
Pno Son No.28 in A, Op.101: I. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo
Pno Son No.28 in A, Op.101: II. Vivace Alla Marcia
Pno Son No.28 in A, Op.101: III. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo, Con Affetto
Pno Son No.4 in E flat, Op.7 (Excerpt): II. Largo, Con Gran Espressione
Pno Son No.19 in g, Op.49, No.1: I. Andante
Pno Son No.19 in g, Op.49, No.1: II. Rondo. Allegro
Allegretto in B flat, WoO.39: Allegretto
Pno Trio in D, Op.70, No.1 'Ghost': I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
Pno Trio in D, Op.70, No.1 'Ghost': II. Largo Assai Ed Espressivo
Pno Trio in D, Op.70, No.1 'Ghost': III. Presto

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Glenn Gould's playing is so treasured that CD publishers have been looking for anything of his they can find. These treasures, dredged from the CBC archives and Gould's own collection, offer some fresh material. The Beethoven trios, broadcast in 1954, don't sound great, but they are fine performances and show Gould as a fine chamber music collaborator. The piano pieces, from 1952, sound somewhat better and are played straightforwardly, without the eccentric ideas that crept into Gould's playing later in his career. This disc is probably for Gould fans only, but it should delight them. --Leslie Gerber

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EARLY GOULD...THE ONLY RECORDING OF BEETHOVEN'S OP. 101..........2006-06-04

Gould's early work is remarkable. He already had his exquisite timing; moreover, his digital dexterity was absolutely miraculous: he played things as he did because HE COULD do it. None of the great pianists really had GG's gift.

Now, with Beethoven I've long been exclusively a Kempff fan. Kempff had great control and expression, plus he had a real insight into Beethoven's musical architechtonics. Gould has been damned for his vibrant Mozart and his peculiar Beethoven. But I have to say that I prefer GG's Mozart to anybody else's; plus, now I'm getting the vision of his Beethoven.

GG's recordings of Beethoven's late sonatas were done early in his career. Here, the Op. 101 was done in 1952 prior to his great Goldberg's recording of 1955. This is the only performance of GG's B's Op. 101 available. The wonderful Opp. 109-11 were done in 1956. They're incredible, and now I actually prefer them to Kempff's readings.

This is real art.

Mozart: Violin Sonatas; String Duos & Trios

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Mozart: Violin Sonatas; String Duos & Trios

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ASIN: B00004YSBH
Release Date: 2006-02-14

Beethoven: Piano Trios; Violin & Cello Sonatas

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With minor reservations, "excellent"

Beethoven: Piano Trios; Violin & Cello Sonatas

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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim

ASIN: B00005MIZQ
Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

Pno Trio in E flat, Op.1 No.1: I. Allegro
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.1 No.1: II. Adagio Cantabile
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.1 No.1: III. Scherzo: Allegro Assai - Trio
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.1 No.1: IV. Finale: Presto
Pno Trio in G, Op.1 No.2: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
Pno Trio in G, Op.1 No.2: II. Largo Con Espressione
Pno Trio in G, Op.1 No.2: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
Pno Trio in G, Op.1 No.2: IV. Finale: Presto
Vars On Dittersdorf's 'Ja, Ich Muss Mich Von Ihr Scheiden' in E flat, Op.44

Tracks:

Pno Trio in c, Op.1 No.3: I. Allegro Con Brio
Pno Trio in c, Op.1 No.3: II. Andante Con Brio
Pno Trio in c, Op.1 No.3: III. Menuetto: Quasi Allegro - Trio
Pno Trio in c, Op.1 No.3: IV. Finale: Prestissimo
Pno Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': I. Allegro Moderato
Pno Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': II. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
Pno Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': III. Andante Cantabile Ma Pero Con Moto - Poco Piu Adagio...
Pno Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': IV. Allegro Moderato - Presto
Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39
Allegretto in E flat, Hess 48

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Pno Trio in D, Op.70 No.1 'Ghost': I. Allegro Vivace Con Brio
Pno Trio in D, Op.70 No.1 'Ghost': II. Largo Assai Ed Espressivo
Pno Trio in D, Op.70 No.1 'Ghost': III. Presto
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2: I. Poco Sostenuto - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo - Tempo I - Tempo II
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2: II. Allegretto
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2: III. Allegretto, Ma Non Troppo
Pno Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2: IV. Finale: Allegro
Vars On Muller's 'Ich Bin Der Schneider Kakadu' in G, Op.121a: Intro: Adagio Assai - Tema: ...

Tracks:

Vc Son No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1: I. Adagio Sostenuto -
Vc Son No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1: Allegro - Adagio - Presto - Tempo I. (Allegro)
Vc Son No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1: II. Allegro Vivace
Vc Son No.2 in g, Op.5 No.2: I. Adagio Sostenuto Ed Espressivo -
Vc Son No.2 in g, Op.5 No.2: Allegro Molto Piu Tosto Presto
Vc Son No.2 in g, Op.5 No.2: II. Rondo: Allegro
Vc Son No.3 in A, Op.69: I. Allegro, Ma Non Tanto
Vc Son No.3 in A, Op.69: II. Scherzo: Allegro Molto
Vc Son No.3 in A, Op.69: III. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivace

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Vc Son No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1: I. Andante - Allegro Vivace
Vc Son No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1: II. Adagio - Tempo D'andante - Allegro Vivace
Vc Son No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2: I. Allegro Con Brio
Vc Son No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2: II. Adagio Con Molto Sentimento D'affetto -
Vc Son No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2: III. Allegro - Allegro Fugato
Vars On Handel's 'See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes' in G, WoO 45
Vars On Mozart's 'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen in E flat, WoO 46
Vars On Mozart's 'Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen' in F, Op.66

Tracks:

Vn Son No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1: I. Allegro Con Brio
Vn Son No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1: II. Tema Con Var: Andante Con Moto
Vn Son No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1: III. Rondo: Allegro
Vn Son No.2 in A, Op.12 No.2: I. Allegro Vivace
Vn Son No.2 in A, Op.12 No.2: II. Andante, Piu Tosto Allegretto
Vn Son No.2 in A, Op.12 No.2: III. Allegro Piacevole
Vn Son No.3 in E flat, Op.12 No.3: I. Allegro Con Spirito
Vn Son No.3 in E flat, Op.12 No.3: II. Adagio Con Molt'espressione
Vn Son No.3 in E flat, Op.12 No.3: III. Rondo: Allegro Molto

Tracks:

Vn Son No.4 in a, Op.23: I. Presto
Vn Son No.4 in a, Op.23: II. Andante Scherzoso Piu Allegretto
Vn Son No.4 in a, Op.23: III. Allegro Molto
Vn Son No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring'): I. Allegro
Vn Son No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring'): II. Andante Scherzoso Piu Allegretto
Vn Son No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring'): III. Allegro Molto
Vn Son No.5 in F, Op.24 ('Spring'): IV. Rondo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Vn Son No.6 in A, Op.30 No.1: I. Allegro
Vn Son No.6 in A, Op.30 No.1: II. Adagio Molto Espressivo
Vn Son No.6 in A, Op.30 No.1: III. Allegretto Con Var

Tracks:

Vn Son No.7 in c, Op.30 No.2: I. Allegro Con Brio
Vn Son No.7 in c, Op.30 No.2: II. Adagio Cantabile
Vn Son No.7 in c, Op.30 No.2: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
Vn Son No.7 in c, Op.30 No.2: IV. Finale: Allegro
Vn Son No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3: I. Allegro Assai
Vn Son No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3: II. Tempo Di Minuetto, Ma Molto Moderato E Grazioso
Vn Son No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3: III. Allegro Vivace
Vn Son No.10 in G, Op.96: I. Allegro Moderato
Vn Son No.10 in G, Op.96: II. Adagio Espressivo -
Vn Son No.10 in G, Op.96: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
Vn Son No.10 in G, Op.96: IV. Poco Allegretto - Adagio - Tempo I. - Allegro - Poco Adagio - Presto

Tracks:

Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 ('Kreutzer'): I. Adagio Sostenuto - Presto
Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 ('Kreutzer'): II. Andante Con Var
Vn Son No.9 in A, Op.47 ('Kreutzer'): III. Finale: Presto
Pno Trio in a, Op.50: I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato Assai - Allegro Giusto - Adagio Con Duole E ...
Pno Trio in a, Op.50: IIA. Tema Con Var: Andante Con Moto - Piu Mosso - Allegro Moderato - Tempo...

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In the main, the youthful Beethoven chamber music collaborations between Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zuckerman, and the late Jacqueline du Pré are characterized by broad, liberally fluctuating tempos, ripeness of tone, and a tendency to place expression ahead of stylistic considerations. Zuckerman's sweet vibrato, for instance, seems misplaced in Beethoven's terse, combative syntax (the earlier trios and violin sonatas, for example). Likewise, du Pré's throbbing solo lines impose a late-Romantic patina on the music that some listeners will find more appropriate to Arensky or Glazunov. More often than not, Daniel Barenboim's piano provides the decisive voice, by way of setting tempos and effecting transitions.

While the leaner, more economically expressive Abegg Trio (Tacet) and Vienna Piano Trio (Nimbus) Beethoven Trio offerings better reflect the composer's headlong brio and nervous energy, the Barenboim-Zuckerman-Du Pré team oozes sheer musicality and involvement in every bar. For this reason, one might well prefer Zuckerman and Barenboim's overwrought rapport in the Violin Sonatas to the violinist's tighter RCA remakes with Marc Neikrug at the piano. Du Pré's tragic illness prevented her and Barenboim from tackling the Cello Sonatas in the studio. Happily, their exciting, communicative live 1970 Edinburgh Festival traversals (plus the variation sets) were broadcast by the BBC and captured in excellent sound. So was a touchingly indulgent Tchaikovsky Trio preserved from one of Du Pré's final concerts, included as both a bonus and a memento. Tully Potter's excellent booklet notes give equal time to music and artists, and rightly discuss the performances in the context of their time. It's good to have these recordings gathered in a budget-priced, space-saving box. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

With minor reservations, "excellent".......2004-05-16

As noted above, this 9 CD set resulted from the youthful collaboration of Barenboim, du Pre (soon to wed Barenboim) and Zukerman. Clearly Barenboim is the driving force. As the info booklet asks: "Would Beethoven have approved of what Barenboim does here? Perhaps not, although he would surely have applauded the young man's courage".

Sadly, du Pre's illness (she had MS, forcing her retirement in 1973 and ultimately causing her untimely death) seriously limited the collaboration. Because her illness prevented a studio recording, the cello sonatas are from 1970 live recordings taped by the BBC. The audience noise is distracting, and I simply cannot understand why the coughs and chair scrapings could not have been edited out.

Barenboim and co really do drag out the slow movements; sometimes to good effect, and sometimes too much in my view. For example, the third movement of the Archduke Trio goes for 12:07 on the Naxos recording but extends to 16:02 here (but this one is still a better rendition).

To fill out the last CD, EMI includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op 50 (taped from a live performance in Tel Aviv in 1972), which is not in the same league as Beethoven's (but I guess they had to do something with the space).

My main complaint is that the thick 3-language info booklet is devoted entirely to the history of the performers and includes not a single word about the music itself!

Tracks:

Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Siciliano
Vivace
Largo
Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Vivace
Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Larghetto
Vivace
Allegro Non Troppo
Andantino
Vivace
Sonata In A Minor
Andante
Allegro
Vivace

Pierre Hantaï Plays Bach, Bull, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Telemann (Box Set)

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Pierre Hantaï Plays Bach, Bull, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Telemann (Box Set)

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Five Piano Trios (Sonatas Wq. 89/1, 5 & 6 / Wq. 90/3 / Wq. 91/3 & 4) - Trio 1790

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Exemplary chamber music makes for rapt listening
Finding the Empfindsamkeit

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Five Piano Trios (Sonatas Wq. 89/1, 5 & 6 / Wq. 90/3 / Wq. 91/3 & 4) - Trio 1790
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Philipp Bosbach , Matthias Fischer , Harald Hoeren , and Trio 1790
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ASIN: B000001RWU
Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

Son Wq 90 No.3 in C: Allegro Di Molto
Son Wq 90 No.3 in C: Larghetto
Son Wq 90 No.3 in C: Allegretto
Son Wq 89 No.1 in B flat: Allegretto
Son Wq 89 No.1 in B flat: Larghetto
Son Wq 89 No.1 in B flat: Allegro
Son Wq 91 No.3 in F: Andante - Allegro Assai
Son Wq 91 No.3 in F: Adagio
Son Wq 91 No.3 in F: Allegretto
Son Wq 89 No.5 in e: Allegretto
Son Wq 89 No.5 in e: Larghetto
Son Wq 89 No.5 in e: Allegro
Son Wq 89 No.6 in D: Allegro
Son Wq 89 No.6 in D: Andantino
Son Wq 89 No.6 in D: Allegro
Son Wq 91 No.4 in C: Arioso With Nine Vars

Customer Reviews:

Exemplary chamber music makes for rapt listening.......2006-10-22

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), "Five Piano Trios" [this title is, in fact, rather misleading: the CD contains six works to which Bach himself gave the title of "Sonatas for Keyboard with the Accompaniment of a Violin and a Violincello"]. Performed by Trio 1790. [Harald Hoeren plays a copy of a fortepiano by Matthias Heilmann from around 1780; Matthias Fischer and Philipp Bosbach play period violin and cello respectively.] Recorded in June and July 1993 at the studios of Deutschlandfunk (German national radio). cpo 999 216-2.

Trio 1790's releases for the German specialist label cpo, in which they trace the development of the trio in the second half of the 18th century, have harvested a great deal of praise in the critical press, and this issue containing six (not five) sonatas by Bach's second son Carl Philipp Emanuel is exemplary in that both the performance and the engineering are of the highest standard. The program contains excerpts from three collections published in London and Leipzig in 1776 and 1777, at a time therefore when the harpsichord was gradually being replaced by the fortepiano, so that Harald Hoeren is probably right to choose the latter despite the fact that Bach himself left it up to the performers which of the two instruments they preferred to use. The term "trio" is definitely a misnomer here, because Bach himself pointed out that the pieces could be played as solos for a keyboard instrument without any great loss; the violin tends to follow the discant voice of the piano, while the cello fulfils the basso continuo function; there is thus little in the way of comparison to the later trios of, say, Schubert. Harald Hoeren's notes (which are quite brief by cpo's standards) point out certain parallels to similar works by Mozart, but as a listener what impressed me most was the individuality and expressivity of the pieces, which, while being relatively easy to listen to, have nothing of the smoothness of the "galant" style practised by Bach's younger brother Johann Christian. This is all "Empfindsamkeit", not perhaps quite as individualistic as some of Bach's even later orchestral works from his Hamburg period, but still written in a distinctively personal style. The polished playing and the superb recording make for almost 75 minutes of rapt listening.

Finding the Empfindsamkeit.......2000-07-16

Trio 1790's performance of these works by C.P.E. Bach does full justice to the conception of the composer as a representative of "Empfindsamkeit," a stylistic trend in late 18th century German music which sought innovations in the expression of quicksilver emotions and moods. No stuffy drawing rooms here -- this is music to jolt you out of your Rococo rut once and for all. Expect the unexpected, that's the best advice. Expect to be touched when you least expect it by some snippet of melody that appears out of nowhere. The playing is absolutely top drawer, as it always is with Trio 1790. The music is gorgeous in C.P.E. Bach's endearingly quirky way. As I would say about all the other recordings of Trio 1790: you can't go wrong.

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Pugnani: Trios & Sonatas for 2 Violins
Ensemble L'Astree
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ASIN: B000B5JSAC
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

Andante
Allegro Assai
Minuetto
Caccia. Allegro
Andantino
Largo
Allegro Assai
Andante
Allegro
Presto
Allegretto
Adagio
Minuetto
Largo
Allegro
Allegretto
Andante
Allegro Assai
Grazioso

Album Description

Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798) was a successful opera composer, but music publishers had a particular enthusiasm for his chamber works for their exceptional quality. His trios, duets and sonatas were fought over by publishers in London, Paris and Amsterdam, largely because he experimented with what were then considered cutting-edge compositional devices and forms. In his trios and sonatas for two violins, the expressive nature of the proceedings and Pugnani's obviously serious approach ensured he did not treat his chamber works as throwaway background music for polite society gatherings, and that he never indulged in the rather fatuous elegance so common among exponents of the stile galante.