Trio Zimmermann - A Retrospective (2022) [Official Digital Download]

In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra. Three individually superb string players do not necessarily add up to a top-flight trio - even if they all play on instruments by Stradivarius, as here - but Trio Zimmermann immediately made a name for itself at international festivals and prestigious concert venues. In 2010 the trio released its first recording – with Mozart's seminal Divertimento – to critical acclaim. More than 10 years later, that recording was the top recommendation in the Record Review series "Building a Library" on BBC Radio 3.
On following offerings, the ensemble explored the later repertoire for string trio: two recordings with Beethoven's contributions to the genre, and a third with works by Hindemith and Schoenberg which have garnered distinctions such as "Diapason de l’Année", the "Chamber Award" from BBC Music Magazine and a "Jahrespreis" from the German Record Critics’ Award association. For their fifth recording to date the trio went back in time, however, as the three members together prepared a performing version of Bach's Goldberg Variations, described as "a triumph of combined technical ingenuity and musical insight" in "The Strad". These five recordings have now been collected into the present box, offering lovers of chamber music more than five hours of glorious music-making, in top-notch sound and including the original booklets with full documentation.

Track List:
01. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Aria (4:08)
02. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 1 (1:48)
03. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 2 (1:35)
04. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 3, Canone all'unisono (1:49)
05. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 4 (1:06)
06. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 5 (1:22)
07. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 6, Canone alla seconda (1:15)
08. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 7 (1:51)
09. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 8 (1:48)
10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 9, Canone alla terza (1:30)
11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 10, Fughetta (1:30)
12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 11 (2:04)
13. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 12, Canone alla quarta (2:13)
14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 13 (5:16)
15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 14 (2:12)
16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 15, Canone alla quinta (4:05)
17. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 16, Ouverture (2:52)
18. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 17 (1:45)
19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 18, Canone alla sesta (1:22)
20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 19 (1:21)
21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 20 (2:06)
22. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 21, Canone alla settima (2:24)
23. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 22, Alla breve (1:19)
24. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 23 (1:57)
25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 24, Canone all'ottava (2:30)
26. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 25 (7:38)
27. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 26 (2:02)
28. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 27, Canone alla nona (1:47)
29. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 28 (2:16)
30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 29 (2:14)
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 30, Quodlibet (1:39)
32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Aria da capo (2:45)
33. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: I. Allegro (12:23)
34. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: II. Adagio (11:16)
35. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (5:24)
36. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: IV. Andante (7:06)
37. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: V. Menuetto. Allegretto (5:17)
38. Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: VI. Allegro (6:28)
39. String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471 (11:31)
40. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: I. Allegro con brio (10:27)
41. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: II. Andante (9:24)
42. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (3:24)
43. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: IV. Adagio (7:46)
44. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: V. Minuet. Moderato (3:21)
45. String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: VI. Finale. Allegro (6:20)
46. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Ia. Marcia. Allegro (2:15)
47. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Ib. Adagio (6:01)
48. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: II. Menuetto. Allegretto (2:12)
49. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: III. Adagio (3:57)
50. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: IV. Allegretto alla polacca (3:23)
51. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Va. Tema con variazioni. Andante quasi allegretto (6:40)
52. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Vb. Marcia. Allegro (2:44)
53. String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio (12:36)
54. String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile (6:39)
55. String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro (2:35)
56. String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: IV. Presto (5:06)
57. String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegretto (7:34)
58. String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Andante quasi allegretto (4:40)
59. String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: III. Menuetto. Allegro (3:37)
60. String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Allegro (5:49)
61. String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: I. Allegro con spirito (9:22)
62. String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: II. Adagio con espressione (7:04)
63. String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace (2:55)
64. String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: IV. Finale. Presto (5:54)
65. String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: I. Toccata (4:52)
66. String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: II. Langsam und mit großer ruhe (6:13)
67. String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: III. Mäßig schnelle viertel (1:38)
68. String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: IV. Fuge (6:48)
69. String Trio No. 2: I. Mäßig schnell (7:38)
70. String Trio No. 2: II. Lebhaft (6:11)
71. String Trio No. 2: III. Langsam (8:07)
72. String Trio, Op. 45: I. Pt. 1 (1:52)
73. String Trio, Op. 45: II. 1st Episode (5:17)
74. String Trio, Op. 45: III. Pt. 2 (3:10)
75. String Trio, Op. 45: IV. 2nd Episode (2:32)
76. String Trio, Op. 45: V. Pt. 3 (5:43)