Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 7 in B-flat Major Opus 97 Archduke

The Pablo Casals Trio...Oswald Lehnert violin Jurgen de Lemos cello Feb 15 1987 as part of the complete Beethoven Trio Cycle at the University of Colorado-Boulder. I. Allegro moderato 00:00 II. Scherzo: Allegro 09:53 III. Andante cantabile 16:34 IV. Allegro moderato c. 29:00 From Wikipedia: The Piano Trio in B-flat major Op. 97 by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio completed in 1811. It is commonly referred to as the Archduke Trio because it was dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria the youngest of twelve children of Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor. Rudolf was an amateur pianist and a patron friend and composition student of Beethoven. Beethoven dedicated a total of fourteen compositions to the Archduke who dedicated one of his own to Beethoven in return. The trio was written late in Beethovens so-called middle period. He began composing it in the summer of 1810 and completed it in March 1811.,

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