Florestan Trio | Classical review

Wigmore Hall, LondonA good sense of humour would not be the first quality listed on Beethoven's personal ad. But, in addition to his fondness for terrible puns, the lighter side of Beethoven's personality does emerge in a handful of pieces. The Op 1 piano trios, for example, are full of rhythmic jousting and Haydnesque witticisms, even though the composer's characteristic grandness of vision sits awkwardly with them.The Florestan Trio's unapologetically full-blooded approach is undoubtedly th...

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