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A Retrospective / Trio Zimmermann
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A Retrospective / Trio Zimmermann

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Hindemith, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arnold Schonbe
Artist
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltera
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
May 06, 2022
Catalog #
BIS-2677
UPC
7318599926773

About

There is no better recordings of the strio trio repertoire than those you will find here. - David Hurwitz (ClassicsToday.com)

In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra. Three individually superb string players do not necessarily add up to a top-flight trio – even if they all play on instruments by Stradivarius, as here – but Trio Zimmermann immediately made a name for itself at international festivals and prestigious concert venues.

In 2010 the trio released its first album – with Mozart's seminal Divertimento – to critical acclaim. (More than 10 years later, that recording was the top recommendation in the Record Review series Building a Library on BBC Radio 3.) On following offerings, the ensemble explored the later repertoire for string trio: two discs with Beethoven's contributions to the genre, and a third with works by Hindemith and Schoenberg which have garnered distinctions such as Diapason de l’Année, the Chamber Award from BBC Music Magazine and a ‘Jahrespreis’ from the German Record Critics’ Award association. For their fifth disc to date the trio went back in time, however, as the three members together prepared a performing version of Bach's Goldberg Variations, described as ‘a triumph of combined technical ingenuity and musical insight’ in The Strad. These five discs have now been collected into a boxed-set retrospective, offering lovers of chamber music more than 5 hours of glorious music-making, in top-notch sound and including the original booklets with full documentation.

Past praise for previously released albums included in this set:

Bach: Goldberg Variations

The expertise and fluency of the Zimmermann's playing is evident. Their approach to dynamics is refreshingly flexible, and all three players bring a graceful approach to ornamentation.

-- BBC Music Magazine

Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3

These musicians are in command of the meticulously written extremes in expression, sforzandos not indiscriminately stabbed at but gauged according to the contexts in which they appear. Tempi are gauged to a nicety too. In sum, they do Beethoven proud throughout this exceptionally fine disc.

-- Gramophone

Hindemith & Schoenberg: String Trios

The Trio Zimmermann play them both Hindemith works with such energy, panache, and attention to the minutest detail that they are totally convincing and make a perfect foil to the rigors of the Schoenberg that follows.

-- The Guardian

Trio Zimmermann play Mozart & Schubert

The Zimmerman Trio plays with remarkably accurate intonation and a ravishing tone that’s also mindful of the Classical style. In other words, they don’t lay it on too thick, but they aren’t afraid to let the melodic lines sing. Schubert’s single-movement trio makes the perfect coupling.

-- ClassicsToday.com (10/10; David Hurwitz)

Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 3; Serenade, Op. 8

The Zimmermann Trio offers what must be the finest recording of Beethoven's Op. 3 since the classic mono Heifetz/Primrose/Piatigorsky version. They bring out all of the first movement’s requisite brio, paying heed to the syncopated rhythmic underpinnings that support the scampering triplet passages. The ensemble lightens its sonority for the Andante without sacrificing body and definition, while they articulate the Menuetto’s two-note phrase groups and subito dynamics in strict tempo yet in a way that’s oblivious to the bar lines. While the Finale is a model of controlled ferocity, the musicians are not afraid to let the lyrical sections sing out sweetly (never cloyingly).

Power and delicacy effortlessly coexist in the Serenade’s opening March, while subtle dynamic gradations distinguish the Menuetto’s loud arpeggiatted tuttis. The Adagio’s long unison lines offer cogent proof that one can employ minimum vibrato and still retain a focused and alive sonority. The March returns da capo at the end of the piece, with slightly more emphatic fortes and lighter pianos this time around. The warmth, clarity, and ambient realism of BIS’s surround-sound engineering holds equal appeal when experienced in conventional stereo playback mode. This release is not just a worthy follow-up to the Zimmermann Trio’s magnificent Mozart K. 563 and Beethoven Op. 9 Trio traversals, but a reference disc in its own right. Bravo!

-- ClassicsToday.com (10/10; Jed Distler)

Tracklist 76 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Aria 04:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  3. 2 Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. 01:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  4. 3 Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. 01:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  5. 4 Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav. 01:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  6. 5 Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. 01:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  7. 6 Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 01:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  8. 7 Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. 01:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  9. 8 Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 01:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  10. 9 Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. 01:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  11. 10 Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. 01:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  12. 11 Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. 01:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  13. 12 Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. 02:04
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  14. 13 Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav. 02:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  15. 14 Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. 05:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  16. 15 Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. 02:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  17. 16 Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. 04:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  18. 17 Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. 02:52
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  19. 18 Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. 01:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  20. 19 Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav. 01:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  21. 20 Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. 01:20
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  22. 21 Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. 02:06
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  23. 22 Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav. 02:24
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  24. 23 Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. 01:19
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  25. 24 Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. 01:57
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  26. 25 Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav. 02:30
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  27. 26 Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. 07:38
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  28. 27 Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. 02:02
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  29. 28 Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. 01:47
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  30. 29 Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. 02:16
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  31. 30 Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. 02:14
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  32. 31 Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. 01:38
    Track
    31
    Title
    Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  33. 32 Aria da capo 02:12
    Track
    32
    Title
    Aria da capo
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  34. Disc 2
  35. 1 I. Allegro 12:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    12:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  36. 2 II. Adagio 11:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    11:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  37. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio 05:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  38. 4 IV. Andante 07:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  39. 5 V. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio I - Trio II 05:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio I - Trio II
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  40. 6 VI. Allegro 06:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Allegro
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  41. 7 String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471 10:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471
    Duration
    10:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  42. Disc 3
  43. 1 I. Allegro con brio 10:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  44. 2 II. Andante 09:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  45. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 03:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  46. 4 IV. Adagio 07:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  47. 5 V. Menuetto: Moderato 03:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuetto: Moderato
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  48. 6 VI. Finale: Allegro 06:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  49. 7 I. Marcia: Allegro 02:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Marcia: Allegro
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  50. 8 II. Adagio 05:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  51. 9 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 02:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  52. 10 IV. Adagio - Scherzo: Allegro molto 03:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Adagio - Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  53. 11 V. Allegretto alla Polacca 03:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Allegretto alla Polacca
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  54. 12 VI. Thema con variazioni: Andante quasi allegretto 06:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Thema con variazioni: Andante quasi allegretto
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  55. 13 VII. Marcia: Allegro 02:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    VII. Marcia: Allegro
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  56. Disc 4
  57. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro con brio 12:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  58. 2 II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile 06:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  59. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 02:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  60. 4 IV. Presto 04:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  61. 5 I. Allegretto 07:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  62. 6 II. Andante quasi allegretto 04:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante quasi allegretto
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  63. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegro 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  64. 8 IV. Rondo: Allegro 05:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  65. 9 I. Allegro con spirito 09:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  66. 10 II. Adagio con espressione 07:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Adagio con espressione
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  67. 11 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace 02:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  68. 12 IV. Finale: Presto 05:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  69. Disc 5
  70. 1 I. Toccata 04:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Toccata
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  71. 2 II. Langsam und mit grosser ruhe 06:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Langsam und mit grosser ruhe
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  72. 3 III. Mässig schnelle viertel 01:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Mässig schnelle viertel
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  73. 4 IV. Fuge 06:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Fuge
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  74. 5 I. Mäßig schnell 07:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Mäßig schnell
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  75. 6 II. Lebhaft 06:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Lebhaft
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  76. 7 III. Langsam 07:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Langsam
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  77. 8 Part I - 01:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part I -
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  78. 9 First Episode - 05:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    First Episode -
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  79. 10 Part II - 03:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    Part II -
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  80. 11 Second Episode - 02:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Second Episode -
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann
  81. 12 Part III 05:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Part III
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Trio Zimmermann