Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1 (The
Ghost) played by the Grinke Trio :
Frederick Grinke (violin)
Florence Hooton (cello)
Kendall Taylor (piano)
Published in 1809, the same year as .the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Beethoven's Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 is called the ' Ghost' Trio because of its eerie slow movement. Sketches for this movement are to be found in one of Beethoven's sketch books immediately after a rough sketch of a witches' chorus intended for an uncompleted opera based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. The libretto, however, was abandoned ' because it bade fair to be too gloomy