Artists in Focus - Beaux Arts Trio
Introduced by Petroc Trelawny . Now nearly 80 years old, the trio's pianist, Menahem Pressler , recalls some of his early musical idols - his "spiritual teacher" Busoni, and Cortot and Casals among others - and introduces one of the most sublime and noble works of the repertoire, Beethoven's Archduke trio.
Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op 1 No 2 (lastmvt)
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66
Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke)