Synopses & Reviews
New selection of 12 of the composers finest trios for piano, violin and cello. Each work reflects Haydns wonderful musical vitality, elegant sense of form and seemingly limitless capacity for invention and thematic development. Reprinted from the definitive C. F. Peters Complete Works edition.
Synopsis
"It is impossible to overrate his creative powers." Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
In his long lifetime, Haydn composed 31 trios scored for piano, violin (or flute, in some instances), and cello. This volume contains 12 of the finest of these masterly chamber works, reflecting the composer's great musical vitality and invention as well as his elegant sense of form. Designated according to the authoritative Hoboken numbering (Group XV of the Thematic Catalog), they are: No. 12 in E Minor, No. 14 in A-flat Major, No. 18 in A Major, No. 23 in D Minor, No. 24 in D Major, No. 25 in G Major, No. 26 in F-sharp Minor, No. 27 in C Major, No. 28 in E Major, No. 29 in E-flat Major, No. 30 in E-flat Major, and No. 31 in E-flat Minor.
As noted in the Preface to this edition, "Haydn's imagination is particularly luxuriant in these trios. Unconstrained by consideration of public effect, as in the symphonies, or by impressive refinements of style as in the quartets, Haydn wrote them for the sheer pleasure of the solo instrumentalists."
Musicians and music lovers will delight in this special compilation of Haydn's most popular piano trios, carefully reprinted from the definitive C. F. Peters Complete Works edition.
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Synopsis
New selection of 12 of Haydn's finest trios for piano, violin and cello. Elegance, vitality and invention from a master of the form. Reprinted from the definitive C.F. Peters Complete Works edition.
Table of Contents
Preface; Publisher's Note
Piano Trio in E Minor, (Hob. XV: No. 12, before 1789)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Rondo: Presto
Piano Trio in A-flat Major (Hob. XV: No. 14, 1790)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo: Vivace
Piano Trio in A Major (Hob. XV: No. 18, no later than 1794)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Piano Trio in D Minor (Hob. XV: No. 23, 1794-5)
I. Andante molto
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Finale: Vivace
Piano Trio in D Major (Hob. XV: No. 24, no later than 1795)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro, ma dolce
Piano Trio in G Major (Hob. XV: No. 25, no later than 1795)
I. Andante
II. Poco Adagio
III. Finale--Rondo all'Ongarese [Hungarian Rondo]: Presto
Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor (Hob. XV: No. 26, no later than 1795)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Finale: Tempo di Menuetto
Piano Trio in C Major (Hob. XV: No. 27, before 1797)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Finale: Presto
Piano Trio in E Major (Hob. XV: No. 28, before 1797)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Allegretto
III. Final: Allegro
Piano Trio in E-flat Major (Hob. XV: No. 29, before 1797)
I. Poco Allegretto
II. Andantino ed innocentemente
III. Finale--Allemande: Presto assai
Piano Trio in E-flat Major (Hob. XV: No. 30, 1795)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Presto
Piano Trio in E-flat Minor (Hob. XV: No. 31, 1795)
I. Andante cantabile
II. Allegro (ben moderato)