Beaux Arts Trio: The Complete Recordings

Beaux Arts Trio: The Complete Recordings

OVERVIEW<br>Founded 60 years ago by Menahem Pressler, Daniel Guilet and Bernard Greenhouse, the Beaux Arts Trio performed and recorded exclusively for Philips Classics until 1995. Celebrated for their outstanding chamber-music qualities, the Beaux Arts are one of the greatest ensembles in the history of recorded music. This special 60CD box set includes their extensive discography on Philips Classics and encompasses almost the entire piano trio literature.<br><br>PACKAGING<br>60CD box with hinged lid (as Mercury Living Presence)<br>Extensive booklet with a reappraisal by Tully Potter & a quote from Menahem Pressler<br><br>COMPREHENSIVE & AUTHORITATIVE<br>The set features the complete piano trios of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Dvo ¡k. Other highlights include the Trio s much admired recordings of Beethoven s Triple Concerto and trios by Ravel, Chopin, Korngold and Rachmaninov.<br><br>AWARDED RECORDINGS<br>The Trio's recordings have brought several coveted awards, including the Prix Mondial du Disque, three Grand Prix du Disques, the Union de la Presse Musicale Belge Caecilia Award, the Gramophone Record of the Year, and the Stereo Review Record of the Year Award.<br><br>Notably, their set of the complete Haydn piano trios received the Recording of the Year at the 1979 Gramophone Awards, and in 1998 Menahem Presler received Gramophone's Lifetime Achievement Award.<br><br>CD 1-9 Haydn: Complete Piano Trios<br>CD 10-14 Mozart: Complete Piano Trios<br>CD 15 Mozart: Piano Quartets<br>with Bruno Giuranna<br>CD 16-23 Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios<br>CD 24 Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Piano Trio No.4<br>London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink<br>CD 25 Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia<br>Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur<br>CD 26-29 Schubert: Complete Piano Trios<br>CD 30 Schubert: Trout Quintet*; Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.17<br>*with Samuel Rhode and Georg Maximilian H¶rtnagel<br>CD 31 Hummel: Piano Trios<br>CD 32-35 Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quintet* & Piano Quartet**<br>*with Dolf Bettelheim and Samuel Rhodes<br>**with Samuel Rhodes<br>CD 36 Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2; Schumann: Piano Trio No.2<br>CD 37 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2; Smetana: Piano Trio<br>CD 38-41 Brahms: Complete Piano Trios & Clarinet Trio*<br>*with George Pieterson<br>CD 42 Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3<br>CD 43 Brahms: Piano Quartet No.2; Piano Trio No.4<br>with Walter Trampler<br>CD 44 Chopin: Piano Trio; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio<br>CD 45 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio<br>CD 46 Arensky: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2<br>CD 47-49 Dvo ¡k: Complete Piano Trios<br>CD 50 Dvo ¡k: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2<br>with Walter Trampler<br>CD 51 Faur©: Piano Quartet No.1; Piano Trio in D Minor<br>CD 52 Faur©: Piano Quartet No.2; Saint-Saens: Piano Trio No.1<br>with Lawrence Dutton<br>CD 53 Turina: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Granados: Piano Trio<br>CD 54 Ravel: Piano Trio; Ives: Piano Trio; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2<br>CD 55 Ravel: Piano Trio; Chausson: Piano Trio<br>CD 56 Korngold: Piano Trio; Zemlinsky: Piano Trio<br>CD 57 Rachmaninov: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2<br>CD 58 Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2; Piano Quintet<br>with Eugene Drucker and Lawrence Dutton<br>CD 59 Rorem: Spring Music; Baker: Roots II<br>CD 60 Early Recordings - Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor / Haydn: Piano Trio in G "Gipsy" / Faur©: Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120