Before Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 16 string quartets — considered by musicians and composers alike as among the greatest pieces of music ever written — he wrote five string trios. This was in ...

String Trio in E flat, Op.3: 1. Allegro con brio String Trio in E flat, Op.3: 2. Andante String Trio in E flat, Op.3: 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) String Trio in E flat, Op.3: 4. Adagio String Trio in E ...

These three Opus 9 trios present a fascinating picture of the young Ludwig, bursting with ideas and an impatient desire to take a musical form born as the baroque trio sonata and breathe bold new ...

Something about Ludwig van Beethoven’s string trios grabs you by the collar, compelling you to lean in to the composer’s typically arresting power and passion. Beethoven, while in his late 20s, moved ...

With even his stern face and wild artist's hair as iconic as his music, it’s not easy to remember that Ludwig van Beethoven was once a struggling up-and-comer. But at the end of the 18 th century and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Vivien Schweitzer It seems that in regard to string trios, three’s a crowd, with little appeal for composers who since the Baroque era ...

The greatness of Beethoven cast a long shadow. It was Brahms whose First Symphony was long delayed by the intensity with which the composer felt “the tramp of such a giant behind you”. And the shadow ...