CDS44471/4 - Disc 1 Track 8 - Allegretto in B flat major, WoO39

Allegretto in B flat major, WoO39

composer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

June 1812; composed for Maximiliane Brentano

Recordings

Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio

The Florestan Trio

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Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 1

The Florestan Trio

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Details

The Florestan Trio

Track 8 on CDA67327 [5'05]

Track 8 on CDS44471/4 CD1 [5'05] 4CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

Allegretto in B flat major, WoO39

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Beethoven composed the little Allegretto in B flat in June 1812 for ten-year-old Maximiliane, daughter of Antonie Brentano who is now the favourite candidate as the composer’s ‘Immortal Beloved’. This deliberately easy piece is a sonata movement in 6/8 ‘pastoral’ metre, wholly free of Beethoven’s trademark developmental tension yet full of gentle, guileless charm.