'You know a performance is working well when you greet each long repeat with an inward sigh of pleasure. I have to say this was particularly the case with the Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat, Op. 70 No. 2. Is the sole reason this wonderful work is neglected simply that it hasn't got a nickname?' Stephen Johnson
Beethoven
Piano Trios No 6 in E flat, Op. 70/2; No. 7 in B flat, Op. 97 (Archduke)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902125
For a full review, pick up the April issue of BBC Music Magazine
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