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The "Beethoven for Three" series, featuring piano trio arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies, offers one or more symphonies together with one of the composer's actual piano trios. The three performers, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, pianist Emanuel Ax, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, could probably have sold albums on name recognition alone, but they deliver performances worthy of their names. Certainly, arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies for smaller forces were common enough in the 19th century, but the ones here, by composer Shai Wosner, are new and frequently quite artful; hear the delicate slow introduction to the first movement of the Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, where Wosner interprets the original rather than straining to duplicate it. The highlight on this volume may come with the masterful reading of the Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke"), where the players' familiarity with each other really shows. Sample the Scherzo, where there is not a note that isn't distinctively articulated in some way, and the fascinatingly deliberate opening to the finale. Sony Classical contributes impressive engineering from a new studio venue at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. This album breathes new life into the all-star format, and it made classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shai Wosner, Arranger - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shai Wosner, Arranger - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shai Wosner, Arranger - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shai Wosner, Arranger - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Emanuel Ax, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Leonidas Kavakos, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Jacobson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The "Beethoven for Three" series, featuring piano trio arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies, offers one or more symphonies together with one of the composer's actual piano trios. The three performers, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, pianist Emanuel Ax, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, could probably have sold albums on name recognition alone, but they deliver performances worthy of their names. Certainly, arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies for smaller forces were common enough in the 19th century, but the ones here, by composer Shai Wosner, are new and frequently quite artful; hear the delicate slow introduction to the first movement of the Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, where Wosner interprets the original rather than straining to duplicate it. The highlight on this volume may come with the masterful reading of the Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke"), where the players' familiarity with each other really shows. Sample the Scherzo, where there is not a note that isn't distinctively articulated in some way, and the fascinatingly deliberate opening to the finale. Sony Classical contributes impressive engineering from a new studio venue at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. This album breathes new life into the all-star format, and it made classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:49
- Main artists: Yo-Yo Ma Leonidas Kavakos Emanuel Ax
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2024 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
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