Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 96, “Archduke”
Beethoven was deeply indignant at the very idea of noble birth. The son of a town musician, he resented those of higher class, claiming a kind of artistic nobility for himself.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
The C-minor Piano Trio was the controversial piece in the Op. 1 set—Haydn criticized it, and Beethoven thought his teacher was jealous of it.
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 is a youthful work. But the piece we hear today was revised in 1889, 35 years later, at the pinnacle of his career.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
The sharp opening of Beethoven’s first piano trio announced to the world that a new, important composer had arrived: it was this piece that he chose to publish as his Op. 1, No. 1.