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Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" : Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" - I. Allegro con brio | Beaux Arts Trio, Ludwig van Beethoven | 06:05 | |
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 : Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 - 2. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch | Beaux Arts Trio | 04:46 | |
Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Geistertrio" : Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Geistertrio" - 1. Allegro vivace e con brio | Beaux Arts Trio, Ludwig van Beethoven | 06:07 | |
Piano Trio in G, H.XIV No. 6/H.XVI No. 6 : Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H.XIV No. 6/H.XVI No. 6 - 3. Menuetto | Beaux Arts Trio, Joseph Haydn | 04:13 | |
Piano Trio No. 2 in G, Op. 1 No. 2 : Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G, Op. 1 No. 2 - 4. Finale (Presto) | Beaux Arts Trio | 05:42 | |
Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Geistertrio" : Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Geistertrio" - 1. Allegro vivace e con brio | Beaux Arts Trio | 06:06 | |
Divertimento (Piano Trio) in B flat, K.254 : Mozart: Divertimento (Piano Trio) in B flat, K.254 - 2. Adagio | Beaux Arts Trio | 07:22 | |
Piano Trio in F, H.XV No. 37 : Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H.XV No. 37 - 2. Allegro molto | Beaux Arts Trio, Joseph Haydn | 04:11 | |
Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 : Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - I. Allegro brillante | Beaux Arts Trio, Dolf Bettelheim, Samuel Rhodes, Robert Schumann | 08:50 | |
Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" : Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" - III. Tema con Variazioni (Andante) | Beaux Arts Trio, Ludwig van Beethoven | 06:34 |
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 : Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo | |
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 : Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - II. Scherzo. Molto vivace | |
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 : Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - III. Andante cantabile | |
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 : Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 - IV. Finale. Vivace |
The Beaux Arts Trio was formed at the Berkshire Music Festival (at what became the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts) in 1955 by French violinist Dabiel Guilet, German pianist Menahem Pressler and American cellist Bernard Greenhouse. They had performed together in recording sessions and joined up for a tour that took them to 45 venues across the United States. Over the years, Pressler remained while other violinists and cellists came and went. They recorded and performed many major classical pieces for piano trio by composers such as Beethoven, Dvorak, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.
By 1955, Greenhouse had played with the CBS Symphony and the Dorian Quartet while Guilet had been concert master of the NBC Symphony; they worked together on a recording of Camille Saint-Saëns's 'Carnival of the Animals' and decided to form their own trio. Known at first for fairly free interpretations of the classics, they later gave more strict renditions but also performed music by contemporary composers. With various members, the Beaux Arts Trio gave more than 100 concerts at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and appeared annually at Tanglewood. Their final concert, shortly before their split, was on 21st August 2008 and was recorded and archived by NPR Music.