Beaux Arts Trio
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Biography
The Beaux Arts Trio was formed at the Berkshire Music Festival (at what became the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts) in 1955 by French violinist Dabiel Guilet, German pianist Menahem Pressler and American cellist Bernard Greenhouse. They had performed together in recording sessions and joined up for a tour that took them to 45 venues across the United States. Over the years, Pressler remained while other violinists and cellists came and went. They recorded and performed many major classical pieces for piano trio by composers such as Beethoven, Dvorak, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.
By 1955, Greenhouse had played with the CBS Symphony and the Dorian Quartet while Guilet had been concert master of the NBC Symphony; they worked together on a recording of Camille Saint-Saëns's 'Carnival of the Animals' and decided to form their own trio. Known at first for fairly free interpretations of the classics, they later gave more strict renditions but also performed music by contemporary composers. With various members, the Beaux Arts Trio gave more than 100 concerts at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and appeared annually at Tanglewood. Their final concert, shortly before their split, was on 21st August 2008 and was recorded and archived by NPR Music.
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Albums
Beaux Arts Trio, Lawrence Dutton
Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 1 / Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2
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Beaux Arts Trio, Georg Maximilian Hörtnagel, Samuel Rhodes
Schubert: Trout Quintet / Beethoven: Piano Trio No.5 "Ghost"
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 - 4. Animé
- Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 - 1. Pas trop lent
- Piano Trio in D, Op.1: 2. Scherzo - Trio. Viel langzamer, innig - Allegro
- Piano Trio in D, Op.1: 1. Allegro non troppo, con espressione
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op.3: 2. Andante
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op.3: 1. Allegro ma non troppo
- Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor, M. 67 - 1. Modéré
- Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 - 2. Vite
- Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 - 3. Assez lent
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op.3: 3. Allegro
- Piano Trio in D, Op.1: 3. Larghetto. Sehr langsam
- Piano Trio in D, Op.1: 4. Finale. Allegro molto e energico
- Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.6: 2. Tempo di menuetto
- Piano Trio No.9 in E flat, WoO 38: 1. Allegro moderato
- Piano Trio in G, H.XIV No.6/H.XVI No.6: 3. Menuetto
- Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.39: 4. Menuetto
- Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, Op.110: 4. Kräftig, mit Humor
- Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, Op.110: 3. Rasch
- Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101: 2. Presto non assai
- Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8 - 1. Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.2: 2. Menuetto (Allegretto)
- Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101: 3. Andante grazioso
- Piano Trio in D minor, H.XV No.23: 3. Finale (Vivace)
- Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H.XV No. 6 - 1. Vivace
