EMANUEL AX, LEONIDAS KAVAKOS & YO-YO-MA - BEETHOVEN FOR THREE: SYMPHONIES No.S 2 & 5

Sony Music

£14.40

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 19439940142
Barcode: 0914399401422
Release Date: 04 Mar 2022
Genre: Classical

Sony Classical are excited to announce Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 - the new album from legendary artists Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma. Available on CD, Beethoven for Three transports listeners to the turn of the nineteenth century. Here, Ax, Kavakos, and Ma seek out the most essential elements of Beethoven's musical language, pairing his second symphony, arranged for trio by Beethoven's pupil Ferdinand Ries, with his fifth — among the most recognizable pieces in western classical music — in a newly-commissioned arrangement by Colin Matthews. Beethoven for Three continues a thread begun by Ax, Kavakos, and Ma at the 2021 Tanglewood Music Festival, where they first played Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in trio format. Of the performance, The Boston Globe wrote “No pale shadow was this. The arc of the piece was finely honed, with no iteration of any musical idea exactly the same; the gentle smile that lit up Ma's face when he watched the others during his tacets was music in itself. It'd probably be hard to find a person who was happier to be there.” The trio’s first recording effort, Brahms: The Piano Trios, was released in 2017 to universal critical acclaim; Gramophone observed that “These performances get straight to the heart of Brahms’s music, relishing its pull of opposites.” Brahms: The Piano Trios was followed by a tour which was also met with rave reviews; the Chicago Tribune wrote that “One could only marvel at how intuitive and spontaneous these performances were… Chamber music playing doesn't get any better than this.” Now, the trio continue their success with Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 - an album not to be missed, showcasing some of western classical music’s favourite pieces, performed by three of the most celebrated and acclaimed artists alive today. Specialist promo & marketing activity.

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