2022 release. Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma's new Beethoven for Three recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices. In the C Minor piano trio, we hear Beethoven's brilliant exploration of three instruments' essential expressive capabilities; in the "Pastorale," lovingly reimagined for trio by Shai Wosner, the piano, violin, and cello transcend their own identities to represent the endless creativity of the natural world, becoming, in turn, bird, brook, and storm.
1 I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, "Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arriving in the Countryside"
2 II. Andante Molto Mosso, "Scene By the Brook"
3 III. Allegro, "Joyful Gathering of Countryfolk"
4 IV. Allegro, "The Storm"
5 V. Allegretto, "Shepherd's Song. Thanksgiving After the Storm"
6 I. Allegro Con Brio
7 II. Andante Cantabile Con Variazioni
8 III. Menuetto. Quasi Allegro
9 IV. Finale. Prestissimo
2022 release. Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma's new Beethoven for Three recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices. In the C Minor piano trio, we hear Beethoven's brilliant exploration of three instruments' essential expressive capabilities; in the "Pastorale," lovingly reimagined for trio by Shai Wosner, the piano, violin, and cello transcend their own identities to represent the endless creativity of the natural world, becoming, in turn, bird, brook, and storm.
