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The Naxos catalogue features an excellent series of albums of music by Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), whose father was piano tutor to Beethoven, who in turn gave Ferdinand lessons on the instrument. We’re delighted to extend our Ries series with this new album of piano trios by Trio Egmont, winners of the First Prize and the Ries Special Prize at the 2021 inaugural Beethoven In His Time competition for chamber music performed on historical instruments.
Ferdinand RIES (1784–1838)
Piano Trios
Trio EgmontFerdinand Ries occupies a remarkable place in the history of music. He was famously a friend and pupil of Beethoven and a virtuoso pianist. His extensive oeuvre opened up the musical aesthetics of Viennese Classicism to Romanticism. Completed in 1826, the Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 143 features two lively, fast movements surrounding a poetic Adagio, reminiscent of the era’s finest opera arias. Very different is the Grand Trio in F minor, WoO 86. It features four thematically interwoven movements that traverse emotions from despair to passion and eventual peace.
III. Finale: Prestissimo
Since its foundation in 2019, Trio Egmont has combined historical awareness with radical freedom and a delicate sense of sound. Concert tours have taken the musicians to Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and Great Britain. The ensemble has performed at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Schumann Festival in Zwickau, La Nouvelle Athènes – Centre des pianos romantiques in Paris, the Erbdrostenhof in Münster and the Freunde Alter Musik in Basel.
From left to right: Gilad Katznelson, Luiza Labouriau and Martin Knörzer
Sonatas • Trio
Three Russian Airs with Variations
Rummel
Lamb • Stroissnig
– MusicWeb International
Op. 123 (1806) and Op. 151 (1826)
Hinterhuber
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Grodd
– Classical Lost and Found
– Fanfare
– American Record Guide