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Beethoven's trios for violin, viola, and cello remain among his least-played works. They seem to point back to the occasional chamber music of the Classical period, and if they're not given the proper attention, that's exactly what they do. But Beethoven himself thought enough even of the very early String Trio in E flat major, Op. 3 (1794), to supervise a keyboard arrangement of the work in the 1810s, and the Op. 9 set heard here, composed in 1798, is almost as ambitious as the group of Op. 18 string quartets that followed it by about a year, and for which it can be seen as a kind of study. The hard, weighty performances by the Trio Zimmermann command attention for these works. Hear the way it sculpts out the jagged opening melodic material of the climactic String Trio in C minor, Op. 9/3, or lay into the quasi-orchestral finale of the first trio of the set. There's a good deal of motivic work here that forecasts the density of Beethoven's mature chamber music language.

Frank Peter Zimmermann - Portrait
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Label/Cat#: EMI Classical # 7243 5 72216 2 7 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century, Violin

Frank Peter Zimmermann (* 27. Februar 1965 in Duisburg) ist ein deutscher Violinist. Regelmäßige Kammermusikpartner sind die Pianisten Enrico Pace und Christian Zacharias, sowie der Cellist Heinrich Schiff. Seine Aufnahme des Doppelkonzertes von Brahms mit Heinrich Schiff erhielt den Deutschen Schallplattenpreis…

This seven-disc box set from Alpha presents Robert Schumann’s complete chamber music with piano, played by a highly respected interpreter of Schumann's works, Eric Le Sage. The pianist is joined by outstanding musicians Paul Meyer, Francois Salque, Franck Braley, Antoine Tamesit, and others, who enable the listener to fully appreciate these masterful works written by genius of German Romanticism.

Frank Peter Zimmermann - Portrait
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 320 MB | Artwork: 75 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: EMI Classical # 7243 5 72216 2 7 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century, Violin

Frank Peter Zimmermann (* 27. Februar 1965 in Duisburg) ist ein deutscher Violinist. Regelmäßige Kammermusikpartner sind die Pianisten Enrico Pace und Christian Zacharias, sowie der Cellist Heinrich Schiff. Seine Aufnahme des Doppelkonzertes von Brahms mit Heinrich Schiff erhielt den Deutschen Schallplattenpreis…

Almost forty years separate Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) from the Violin Concerto - the former still influenced by the idiom of Brahms and Wagner, the latter deriving from the richness of that later period when Schoenberg managed to combine a multiplicity of approaches within his twelve-note system. Between post-Romantic twilight and 'classical' rigor, Isabelle Faust and company offer us an extraordinarily lively interpretation of some of the most remarkable pages in twentieth-century musical literature.

To celebrate their 60 years of activity, Harmonia Mundi has released 2 commemorative CD boxsets to showcase classical artists and composers. This first volume invites you to relive the highlights of the first 30 years of the label and pays tribute to the artists who built Harmonia Mundi on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Provence, leading with a passionate quest for excellence a real revolution in the world of early music.