Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (5CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                77’05

Piano Trio in G Op.1 No.2

1. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace 12’05
2. II. Largo con espressione 9’52
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro 3’42
4. IV. Finale: Presto 7’44

Piano Trio in D Op.70 No.1 ‘Ghost’

5. I. Allegro vivace 10’27
6. II. Largo assai ed espressivo 11’04
7. III. Presto 8’20

Piano Trio in E flat WoO38

8. I. Allegro moderato 4’07
9. II. Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo 4’24
10. III. Rondo: Allegretto 5’04

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                68’17

Piano Trio in C minor Op.1 No.3

1. I. Allegro con brio 9’16
2. II. Andante cantabile con variazioni 7’04
3. III. Menuetto: Quasi allegro – Trio 3’27
4. IV. Finale: Prestissimo 7’43

Piano Trio in E flat Op.70 No.2

5. I. Poco sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo 10’20
6. II. Allegretto 4’57
7. III. Allegretto ma non troppo 4 ’45
8. IV. Finale: Allegro 7’47

Piano Trio in E flat Op.44

9. 14 Variations on an original theme: Tema (Andante) con variazioni 12’43

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                65’55

Piano Trio in E flat Op.1 No.1

1. I. Allegro 9’38
2. II. Adagio cantabile 7’01
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai 4’51
4. IV. Finale: Presto 7’24

Piano Trio in D after Symphony No.2 Op.36

5. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio 12’14
6. II. Larghetto quasi andante 10’55
7. III. Scherzo 3’41
8. IV. Allegro molto 6’34

Triosatz in E flat

9. Allegretto 3’23

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                71’14

Piano Trio in B flat Op.97 ‘Archduke’

1. I. Allegro moderato 12’51
2. II. Scherzo: Allegro 6’20
3. III. Andante cantabile, ma però con moto – Poco più adagio 11’57
4. IV. Allegro moderato 6’54

Piano Trio in B flat WoO39

5. Allegretto 6’08

Piano Trio in E flat Op.63 after the String Quintet Op.4

6. I. Allegro con brio 8’04
7. II. Andante 6’40
8. III. Menuetto – Trio 6’12
9. IV. Finale: Presto 5’56

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                72’42

Piano Trio in B flat Op.11 ‘Gassenhauer’

1. I. Allegro con brio 8’50
2. II. Adagio 5’06
3. III. Tema: Pria ch'io l'impegno (Allegretto) con variazioni 6’41

Piano Trio in G Op.121a

Variations on Wenzen Müller’s song

‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’

4. Introduzione (Adagio assai) – Tema (Allegretto) con variazioni 15’57

Piano Trio in E flat Op.38

after the Septet Op.20

5. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio 7’19
6. II. Adagio cantabile 8’15
7. III. Tempo di menuetto 3’00
8. IV. Andante con variazioni 6’49
9. V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace 3’17
10. VI. Andante con moto alla marcia – Presto 7’14

Trio Élégiaque

Laurent Le Flécherviolin · Virginie Constantcello ·François Dumontpiano

Recording: 12–19 February & 20–23 July 2012, CIT Cork School of Music, Ireland