Trio Céleste - Beethoven & Dvořák: Piano Trios (2016) [Hi-Res]

Hailed as “a first-class ensemble” (Orange County Register) “exuberant and technically dazzling” (Long Beach Gazette) and “one of the best young chamber groups around today” (Philip Setzer, Emerson String Quartet), Trio Céleste has quickly established itself as one of the most dynamic chamber music ensembles in the country. Winners of the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions in Los Angeles, Trio Céleste is currently Ensemble- in-Residence at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, and in 2012, formed Chamber Music | OC – a nonpro t organization dedicated to promoting the art of chamber music through performance, education, and community outreach.

As part of Trio Céleste’s deep commitment to performing the music of living composers, Constellations: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven bridges the gap between old and modern, breathing new life into one of Beethoven’s most beautiful and memorable themes. Ten renowned composers took part in producing short variations based on the opening theme of the “Largo con espressione” movement from the “Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2.” The collaboration produced an extraordinary range of interpretations resulting in one of the most unique contributions to the piano trio repertoire in the last decade. The title Constellations was inspired by the cosmic nature of the project itself; like many unique sets of variations, constellations are beautiful, varied patterns that share both explicit and implicit commonalities.

Iryna Krechkovsky, violin
Trio Céleste