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Almost without exception, these performances by pianist Wilhelm Kempff, violinist Henryk Szeryng, and cellist Pierre Fournier are the most magnificent, the most magisterial, the most monumental, and the most fun of any ever recorded of Beethoven's piano trios. Separately, Kempff, Szeryng, and Fournier were among the best Beethoven players of the middle years of the twentieth century, and together they play like old friends whose affection for each other and the music has only grown deeper over the years. And, of course, the amazing thing is that these were, for the most part, ad hoc performances, performances done in the studio for Deutsche Grammophon's 1970 Beethoven edition but performances that have withstood the test of time so well that DG reissued them for its 1997 Beethoven edition. From their emotionally extravagant Op. 1 trios through the superlatively balanced Op. 70 trios to their final grand and sublime Op. 97 trio, Kempff, Szeryng, and Fournier's performances are superb. And while one might quibble with the inclusion of the Beaux Arts Trio's stolid performance of Beethoven's arrangement of his septet, no one would quibble with the exquisite performance of Beethoven's arrangement of his Symphony No. 2 by Besch, Brandis, and Boettcher. And the inclusion of every work Beethoven wrote for piano trio only increases the set's value.
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Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 2
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Trio No. 5 In D, Op. 70 No. 1 - "Geistertrio" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 3
Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Trio No. 7 in B Flat, Op. 97 "Archduke" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manfred Richter, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 4
Trio for Piano, Violin & Violoncello in E-Flat Major, WoO 38 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano trio movement in E flat, Hess 48 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Piano Trio No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, 14 Variations on Theme by Dittersdorf (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Trio for Piano, Violin & Violoncello in B Major, WoO 39 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Trio No.11 in G, Op.121a, 10 Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henryk Szeryng, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Manfred Richter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Wilfried Daenicke, Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 5
Piano Trio in E-Flat, Op. 38, after the Septet Op. 20 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Beaux Arts Trio, Ensemble, MainArtist - Menahem Pressler, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isidore Cohen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Greenhouse, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1983 Universal International Music B.V.
Piano Trio in D after Symphony No. 2 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Cord Garben, Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Thomas Brandis, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Böttcher, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jobst Eberhardt, Producer, Executive Producer - Heinz Jansen, Producer - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henno Quasthoff, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Eckart Besch, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Cord Garben, Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Thomas Brandis, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Böttcher, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jobst Eberhardt, Producer, Executive Producer - Heinz Jansen, Producer - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henno Quasthoff, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Eckart Besch, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Cord Garben, Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Thomas Brandis, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Böttcher, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jobst Eberhardt, Producer, Executive Producer - Heinz Jansen, Producer - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henno Quasthoff, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Eckart Besch, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Cord Garben, Producer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Thomas Brandis, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Böttcher, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jobst Eberhardt, Producer, Executive Producer - Heinz Jansen, Producer - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henno Quasthoff, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Eckart Besch, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Almost without exception, these performances by pianist Wilhelm Kempff, violinist Henryk Szeryng, and cellist Pierre Fournier are the most magnificent, the most magisterial, the most monumental, and the most fun of any ever recorded of Beethoven's piano trios. Separately, Kempff, Szeryng, and Fournier were among the best Beethoven players of the middle years of the twentieth century, and together they play like old friends whose affection for each other and the music has only grown deeper over the years. And, of course, the amazing thing is that these were, for the most part, ad hoc performances, performances done in the studio for Deutsche Grammophon's 1970 Beethoven edition but performances that have withstood the test of time so well that DG reissued them for its 1997 Beethoven edition. From their emotionally extravagant Op. 1 trios through the superlatively balanced Op. 70 trios to their final grand and sublime Op. 97 trio, Kempff, Szeryng, and Fournier's performances are superb. And while one might quibble with the inclusion of the Beaux Arts Trio's stolid performance of Beethoven's arrangement of his septet, no one would quibble with the exquisite performance of Beethoven's arrangement of his Symphony No. 2 by Besch, Brandis, and Boettcher. And the inclusion of every work Beethoven wrote for piano trio only increases the set's value.
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About the album
- 5 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 05:36:10
- Main artist: Wilhelm Kempff
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin This Compilation ℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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