Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio Op.70 No.1 in D major “Ghost” Allegro vivace e con brio.

check out this trio!

Jacqueline du Pré: Cello

Daniel Barenboim: Piano

Pinchas Zukerman: Violin

These pieces are representative of Beethoven’s “Middle” stylistic period, which went from roughly 1803 to 1812, and which included many of his most famous works. Beethoven wrote the two piano trios while spending the summer of 1808 in Heiligenstadt, Vienna, where he had completed his Symphony No. 5 the previous summer. He wrote the two trios immediately after finishing his Sinfonia pastorale, Symphony No. 6. This was a period of uncertainty in Beethoven’s life, in particular because he had no dependable source of income at the time.