| Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDS44471/74 Format: CD The Florestan Trio; Anthony Marwood, violin; Richard Lester, cello; Susan Tomes, pianoLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in D major 'Ghost' Op 70 No 1 / Piano Trio in E flat major Op 70 No 2 / Allegretto in B flat major WoO39 / Piano Trio in B flat major 'Archduke' Op 97 / Allegretto in E flat major Hess 48 / Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu' Op 121a / Piano Trio in E flat major Op 1 No 1 / Piano Trio in G major Op 1 No 2 / Piano Trio in E flat major WoO38 / Piano Trio in C minor Op 1 No 3 / Variations in E flat major Op 44 / Trio in B flat major Op 11 Each instalment of The Florestan Trio's Beethoven Piano Trio cycle was rapturously received. Reissued as a special-price box-set, this superb series of benchmark recordings should not be missed. 'The playing of The Florestan Trio is memorable for its lyrical tenderness, its luminous sonorities and its rhythmic buoyancy' (BBC Music Magazine) 'The Florestan Trio seems determined to extract every last ounce of energy, wit and spirit from these early works ... the principal vehicle for conveying the music's brightness is Susan Tomes's finger-work, wonderfully precise and rhythmical' (Gramophone) TOP 20 DISCS OF 2003 (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE / RADIO 3 CD REVIEW) RECOMMENDATION OF THE MONTH, CHAMBER (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE) |