Oliver Schnyder Trio - Beethoven: The Piano Trios (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Adagio cantabile
03. Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
04. Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1: IV. Finale. Presto
05. Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Adagio-Allegro vivace
06. Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: II. Largo con espresione
07. Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
08. Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2: IV. Finale. Presto

CD2
01. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio
02. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Andante cantabile con variazioni
03. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Quasi Allegretto
04. Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Finale. Prestissimo
05. Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1, "Gassenhauer": Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1, "Gassenhauer": I. Allegro con brio
06. Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1, "Gassenhauer": Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1, "Gassenhauer": II. Adagio
07. Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 1, "Gassenhauer": III. Tema. Pria ch'io l'impegno
08. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Geister-Trio": I. Allegro vivace e con brio
09. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Geister-Trio": Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Geister-Trio": II. Largo assai ed espressivo
10. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Geister-Trio": III. Presto

CD3
01. Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: I. Poco sostenuto-Allegro ma non troppo
02. Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: II. Allegretto
03. Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: III. Allegretto ma non troppo
04. Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: IV. Finale. Allegro
05. Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": I. Allegro moderato
06. Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": II. Scherzo. Allegro
07. Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": III. Andante cantabile
08. Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Erzherzog-Trio": IV. Allegro moderato


Buyers of Beethoven piano trio cycles have plenty of recordings old and new to choose from, but Switzerland's Oliver Schnyder Trio offers novel readings. There is a distinctive feature -- fast tempos, especially in the other movements -- but the group largely avoids the pitfalls of imposing a new interpretation simply for the sake of doing so. Many of the movements have a folkish quality, with big, percussive accents placed on Beethoven's offbeat surprises. The Schnyder Piano Trio is at its strongest in the earlier trios, where the group avoids the tendency to treat the Op. 1 trios as a homogeneous unit. Beethoven's style was developing rapidly at this time, and here each trio's experimental, slightly obstreperous quality comes out. Sample the finale of the Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2, where the lickety-split tempo precisely defines the moment at which Beethoven left his teacher Haydn's influence behind (not to mention being a great deal of fun). Pianist Schnyder and his comrades also catch the important transitional role of the Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 11 ("Gassenhauer"), probably the least often performed of the corpus; their performance bristles with surprises and difficulties. The two trios of Op. 70 are darkly dramatic, shake-your-fist-at-fate Beethoven rather than "ghostly" mood pieces. The trios with a strong lyrical component - the very first one, and the final Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke") - may fare worst here: the overall tense mood doesn't break enough to let Beethoven the warm melodist come through. On the whole, though, this box set tends to elevate the Beethoven piano trios to a new level of seriousness, with fine Zurich Radio studio sound from Sony.

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