Search - Ludwig van Beethoven, Stuttgart Piano Trio, Monika Leonhard :: Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2

This disc (Vol. 2) has the least great music in the Stuttgart Piano Trio's comprehensive series of Beethoven's Piano Trios. The Trio No. 3 is the last of the great Op. 1 set, which was Beethoven's first publication as a mature musician. The other works are all early and rather trivial--including Op. 44, one of a series of early pieces that Beethoven's brother sold to a publisher after the composer had become famous. Still, with performances and recording of this quality offered at such a ridiculously low price, you can afford to indulge in the disc even if you only listen to half of it. It's still a bargain. --Leslie Gerber