Yo-yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax - Beethoven (1770-1827) (Piano Trio)sym, 6, : Kavakos(Vn)Yo-yo Ma(Vc)Ax(P)+piano Trio, 3, - Japan Blu-spec CD2

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Yo-yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

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This is the second Beethoven Piano Trio project featuring the face of Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), and Leonidas Kavakos (violin). The three virtuosos first performed as a trio when they performed Brahms' Piano Trio at the 2014 Tanglewood Music Festival. The three hit it off and recorded Brahms: Piano Trio (2017) soon after. The three performed together again at the 2021 Tanglewood Music Festival, this time in a trio performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2. This led to the release in March 2022 of "Beethoven for Three - Symphony No. 2 & No. 5 ," the first in a series of piano trio performances of the world of Beethoven's symphonies. Recorded at Sage Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, May 2022. Recorded at Sage Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, May 2022, for simultaneous worldwide release. Three master musicians take on the world of Beethoven's symphonies! The second volume is "Rural". (C)RS

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