{"id":2124516,"date":"2025-10-30T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124516"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:45:41","slug":"wpr-music-new-album-of-the-week-beethoven-for-three-vol-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wpr-music-new-album-of-the-week-beethoven-for-three-vol-4\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR Music new album of the week: &#8216;Beethoven for Three Vol. 4&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 2022, pianist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emanuelax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emanuel Ax<\/a>, violinist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leonidaskavakos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leonidas Kavakos<\/a> and cellist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yo-yoma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yo-Yo Ma<\/a> came together to start recording Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s complete music for piano trio. This year, they\u2019re up to their fourth release in their Grammy-nominated Beethoven for Three series, which includes a great piece for spooky season.<\/p>\n<p>Although its outer movements are suitably turbulent, Beethoven\u2019s \u201cGhost\u201d Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, got its nickname from the second movement. According to his student Carl Czerny, that movement features a spectral theme Beethoven had originally intended for an opera based on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cMacbeth\u201d that he subsequently abandoned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 &quot;Ghost&quot;: II. 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No corporate filter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also on this new album is Beethoven\u2019s Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11, which the composer originally wrote to feature the clarinet. This has come to be called the \u201cGassenhauer\u201d Trio because of its finale, a set of variations on an opera aria by Beethoven\u2019s contemporary Joseph Weigl that was a favorite of Viennese buskers at the time. It\u2019s a tune that \u201cswept the streets\u201d \u2014 or the Gassen in this case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 &quot;Gassenhauer&quot;: III. Tema: Pria ch&#039;io l&#039;impegno. Allegretto\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwbpXwbZrhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But the Beethoven for Three project has always been about more than just piano trios. The albums also include unique versions of Beethoven\u2019s monumental symphonies in chamber-sized arrangements. Rounding out Vol. 4 is a unique take on Beethoven\u2019s First Symphony, arranged for violin, cello and piano by Israeli-American pianist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shaiwosner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shai Wosner<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F4l-b46MMzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The whole album displays the level of virtuosic playing you would expect from three of the most famous instrumentalists in the classical music world. More than that, though, the performances also show a subtle introspection that only years of experience with this repertoire can provide. \u201cBeethoven for Three Vol. 4\u201d is out now on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sonyclassical.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sony Classical<\/a> label.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wpr.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma came together to start recording Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s complete music for piano trio. This year, they\u2019re up to their fourth release in their Grammy-nominated Beethoven for Three series, which includes a great piece for spooky season. 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