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Philips Recordings, 1967-1974 (Limited Edition) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Frederic Chopin, Charles Ives, Felix Mendelssohn, Clara Wieck Schumann, Robert Schumann, Dmitry Shostakovich, Bedrich Smetana, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Beaux Arts Trio
Label: Philips
Category: Music
List Price: $30.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 59031
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 000150602
UPC: 289475171228
EAN: 0028947517122
ASIN: B0000B0A0R
Release Date: November 25, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I. Molto allegro ed agitato | | • | II. Andante con moto tranquillo | | • | III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace | | • | IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato | | • | I. Allegro energico e con fuoco | | • | II. Andante espressivo | | • | III. Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto | | • | IV. Finale: Allegro appassionato | | • | I. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch | | • | II. Ziemlich langsam | | • | III. Rasch | | • | IV. Kraeftig, mit Humor |
Disc 2
| • | I. Mit Energie und Leidenschaft | | • | II. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch | | • | III. Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung | | • | IV. Mit Feuer | | • | I. Sehr lebhaft | | • | II. Mit innigem Ausdruck | | • | III. In maessiger Bewegung | | • | IV. Nicht zu rasch | | • | I. Allegro moderato | | • | II. Scherzo: Tempo di minuetto | | • | III. Andante | | • | IV. Allegretto |
Disc 3
| • | I. Allegro con fuoco | | • | II. Scherzo: Con moto ma non troppo | | • | III. Adagio sostenuto | | • | IV. Finale: Allegretto | | • | Ia. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai - Allegro giusto - | | • | Ib. Adagio con duolo e ben sostenuto - Allegro giusto | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Tema. Andante con moto | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 1. L'istesso tempo | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 2. Piu mosso | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 3. Allegro moderato | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 4. L'istesso tempo | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 5. L'istesso tempo | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 6. Tempo di valse | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 7. Allegro moderato | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 9. Andante flebile, ma non tanto | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 10. Tempo di mazurka | | • | IIa. Tema con variazioni. Variation 11. Moderato | | • | IIb. Variazione finale e coda. Allegro risoluto e con fuoco - Andante con moto - Lugubre |
Disc 4
| • | I. Moderato assai | | • | II. Allegro, ma non agitato - Alternativo I. Andante - Tempo I - Alternativo II. Maestoso - Tempo I | | • | III. Finale. Presto - Meno presto, tranquillo assai - Grave, quasi marcia - Tempo I | | • | I. Andante moderato | | • | II. TSIAJ (This scherzo is a joke) (Presto) | | • | III. Moderato con moto | | • | I. Andante - Moderato - Poco piu mosso | | • | II. Allegro con brio | | • | III. Largo - | | • | IV. Allegretto - Adagio |
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| Customer Reviews:
OPENING UP A HEW WORLD TO ME November 12, 2008
Music Man (Illinois)
I'm ashamed to admit that after 50 years of listening to classical music, I encountered the Beaux Arts Trio by accident recently on the NPR website. I listened to their farewell conert last August, and was thunderstruck. This is beautiful music that resonates deeply. The playing of all three members (whomever they might be at any given time) is exemplary. I don't want to sound goofy, but the piano playing, especially, brings to mind that old Shakespearean quote we had to memorize in high school, ..."it dropeth like the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath". But more amazing to me is the cello, which is more sensed that heard often in these recordings. It must take an extroadinary love for the music and high regard for one's felow musicians to subordinate one's sound to theirs in order to produce such incredible music. Surely this is the foundation which allows the trio to create music of such high quality. Others wil provide the more professonal review. I can only say that these cds have become among my very favorites. An absolute must for any collection. Highly recommended.
Finally, a small note referencing a previous reviewer who cites the missing variation in the Tchaikovsky teio. Such a flaw, while real, is irrelevant to loving these recordings.
 What happened to the 8th Variation January 28, 2008
J. Grant (North Carolina)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love the Beaux Arts Trio. Recordings of the piano trios of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms & several others that I have led me to aquire this set. And, as usual, I was quite happy after I listened to the first couple of discs. But when I got to Tchaikovsky's trio, things changed. I was stunned to discover that they unexplicably left off the 8th variation. I'm also a bit surprised the other reviewers didn't notice this fact. This is quite a shame, because up to that point I was thinking that this was one of the best Tchaikovsky op.50's I had heard. I'm also not that fond of this rendering of the Shostakovich, which is not that big of a deal since I don't really much care for his work anyway. Aside from that, everything else is wonderful, especially the Schumann & Mendelssohn. Very enjoyable & well worth the price. Would have been an easy 5 star rating if not for the Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich. For a great performance of the Tchaikovsky, try the Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky on RCA.
Add it to your collection September 18, 2006
Jonathan Boyce (Fairfied, CT)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Uniformly great playing on recordings spanning eight years, eleven compositions, and two violinists is not an easy feat, but the BAT does it admirably here. Excellent also is the sound: analog to digital remastering sounds like an LP to my ears, and the balance of the three instruments is always even and well tempered. True, I am on more than one compostion drawn to Pressler's beautiful cantabile touch more than the other instruments, but the violin and cello are always first rate.
Nine of the pieces are 19th century, Romantic works which are paired with two from the 20th: Ives and Shostakovich. They deftly and successfully handle the disparate styles.
Thirty dollars will get you over five hours of pleasure on four discs. Highly recommended.
Another "Original Masters" Gem May 21, 2005
Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Those familiar with my reviews on Amazon know of my love for Universal's "Original Masters" box set series, but at first I passed on purchasing this title. It's not that I don't enjoy the Beaux Arts Trio, for I do, and I own their recordings of the Piano Trios of Beethoven, Haydn, Dvorak, and Mozart among others. Mainly it had to the with the fact that I don't collect chamber performances the way I do concertos and symphonies, and I already had other renditions of many of the works collected here -- Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, etc. However, after stumbling upon this set at my local library, it took only one listen to know that I had to add this limited edition box to my shelves. These recordings, made between 1967 and 1974, capture Beaux Arts in their prime in glorious, crisp analog stereo sound. Many of their accounts, particularly of the Chopin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, are superior to the other versions I own (in this case trios featuring Ma and Argerich respectively). Also, there are several compositions I had never heard before, including trios by Smetana, Ives and Clara Schumann, which are all delightful. Overall, this is a wonderful box set and another gem in the "Original Masters" series.
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