Track Listing

1. Keyboard Trio in F major, H. 15/6: Vivace
2. Keyboard Trio in F major, H. 15/6: Tempo di Menuetto
3. Keyboard Trio in D major, H. 15/7: Andante
4. Keyboard Trio in D major, H. 15/7: Andante
5. Keyboard Trio in D major, H. 15/7: Allegro assai
6. Keyboard Trio in B flat major, H. 15/8: Allegro moderato
7. Keyboard Trio in B flat major, H. 15/8: Tempo di Menuetto
8. Keyboard Trio in A major, H. 15/9: Adagio
9. Keyboard Trio in A major, H. 15/9: Vivace
10. Keyboard Trio in E flat major, H. 15/10: Allegro moderato
11. Keyboard Trio in E flat major, H. 15/10: Presto assai

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #447469 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Amazon.com
Not even the most devoted Haydn lover is likely to get excited over this disc. It's too calm and civilized. These early Haydn trios don't have the drama or humor of his later works; they're just placid entertainments for the dinner hour. If there's time in your life for such music, though, this could prove a satisfying disc. Trio 1790 plays period instruments with a fine sense of style, and doesn't try to goose the music along. They're content to let it go its way, with sensitive but never overstressed performances that make extremely good sense. For some bizarre reason, cpo is offering this well-produced disc at a greatly reduced price, making it even more attractive. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews

Fine Recording, But Get The Beaux Arts
The five volumes (thus far) of Haydn's Complete Piano Trios by Trio 1790 are perfectly fine recordings of these great works. However, for less than the combined price of these five volumes, you can purchase the Beaux Arts Trio's 9-CD set of these works in a lovely, space saving, slim paper box. Those performances that have been without peer since their initial release in the 1970s. CPO usually concentrates its efforts on issuing digital recordings of lesser-known works outside of the standard repertoire, and they do a commendable job of it. In many cases, this provides CPO with a unique product and something that's an easy sale -- which is clearly not the case here.