BIS
Beethoven: String Trios / Zimmermann, Tamestit, Poltera
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
- Artist
- TRIO ZIMMERMANN
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Nov 01, 2011
- Catalog #
- BIS-SACD-1857
- UPC
- 7318599918570
About
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Beethoven’s three Op. 9 string trios are early masterpieces, every bit as fine as the later Op. 18 quartets. These performances are wonderful: there is nothing to criticize. The quality of ensemble is outstanding, perfectly balanced, always in tune, warmly sonorous, and stylish. The presto finale of the G major trio is impeccably light and fleet, all three slow movements beautifully singing and sustained. In the dramatic C minor trio these players (Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, and Christian Poltéra) offer a clinic on how to turn phrasing and accent to ear-catching account without a trace of ugliness or mannerism. The SACD sonics are every bit as fine. Don’t let this one slip by.
– David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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These three early trios by Beethoven are given brisk, lively, and well-detailed readings by the Zimmermann Trio, which was formed in 2007. Like so much of Beethoven’s music from the 1796–98 period, these pieces lie between the style of Haydn or Mozart and his own more imaginative manner, which was coming forward in those years. The addition of a fourth voice, in his early op. 18 string quartets, was obviously an extra inspiration for the composer, yet it was this set of trios on which he built those excellent structures.
If you are a fan of these string trios, this is certainly an outstanding recording to own of them. There is, really, nothing one can fault in the trio’s technical execution or musical style. Everything is there: the rhythmic spring, the little felicitous touches on the turns, the clarity in the interplay of voices. In addition, BIS’s hybrid SACD sound is simply splendid, sharp and clearly textured as a good recording of a small string ensemble should be.
FANFARE: Lynn René Bayley
Beethoven’s three Op. 9 string trios are early masterpieces, every bit as fine as the later Op. 18 quartets. These performances are wonderful: there is nothing to criticize. The quality of ensemble is outstanding, perfectly balanced, always in tune, warmly sonorous, and stylish. The presto finale of the G major trio is impeccably light and fleet, all three slow movements beautifully singing and sustained. In the dramatic C minor trio these players (Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, and Christian Poltéra) offer a clinic on how to turn phrasing and accent to ear-catching account without a trace of ugliness or mannerism. The SACD sonics are every bit as fine. Don’t let this one slip by.
– David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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These three early trios by Beethoven are given brisk, lively, and well-detailed readings by the Zimmermann Trio, which was formed in 2007. Like so much of Beethoven’s music from the 1796–98 period, these pieces lie between the style of Haydn or Mozart and his own more imaginative manner, which was coming forward in those years. The addition of a fourth voice, in his early op. 18 string quartets, was obviously an extra inspiration for the composer, yet it was this set of trios on which he built those excellent structures.
If you are a fan of these string trios, this is certainly an outstanding recording to own of them. There is, really, nothing one can fault in the trio’s technical execution or musical style. Everything is there: the rhythmic spring, the little felicitous touches on the turns, the clarity in the interplay of voices. In addition, BIS’s hybrid SACD sound is simply splendid, sharp and clearly textured as a good recording of a small string ensemble should be.
FANFARE: Lynn René Bayley
Tracklist 12 tracks
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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
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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
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3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 02:31
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Scherzo: Allegro
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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4 IV. Presto 04:51
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Presto
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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5 I. Allegretto 07:28
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Allegretto
- Duration
- 07:28
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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6 II. Andante quasi allegretto 04:34
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Andante quasi allegretto
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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7 III. Menuetto: Allegro 03:34
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Menuetto: Allegro
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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8 IV. Rondo: Allegro 05:36
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Rondo: Allegro
- Duration
- 05:36
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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9 I. Allegro con spirito 09:12
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Allegro con spirito
- Duration
- 09:12
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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10 II. Adagio con espressione 07:00
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Adagio con espressione
- Duration
- 07:00
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann
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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
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12 IV. Finale: Presto 05:23
- Track
- 12
- Title
- IV. Finale: Presto
- Duration
- 05:23
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble
- Trio Zimmermann