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This week cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Sara Bitlloch join Donald Macleod to talk about Beethoven鈥檚 early chamber music from 1795 to 1811, including beloved works such as the 鈥楻azumovsky鈥� quartets, the 鈥楰reutzer鈥� violin sonata, and the 鈥楪host鈥� and 鈥楢rchduke鈥� piano trios.

Beethoven鈥檚 composing career is generally divided into three phases: the Early Period, up to 1802; the compositions that make up his Middle Period, the years from 1803 to 1814; and lastly the extraordinary, ambitious works composed between then and his death.

Today we look at Beethoven鈥檚 return to lyrical melody in the years around 1800, and hear music including the 鈥楬arp鈥� Quartet, the Opus 70 Piano Trio, the third 鈥淩azumovsky鈥� String Quartet, and the 鈥淪pring鈥� Violin Sonata, containing one of the most famous melodies in Beethoven鈥檚 chamber music output.

String Quartet in C major Op 59 No 3 (鈥淩azumovsky鈥�) (1st movement)
Tak谩cs Quartet

Piano Trio No 5 in D major Op 70 No 1 ("Ghost") (2nd movement)
Andreas Staier fortepiano
Daniel Sepec, violin
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

Violin Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24 ("Spring") (1st and 4th movements)
Isabelle Faust, violin
Alexander Melnikov, piano

String Quartet in E flat Op 74 (鈥淗arp鈥�) (1st movement)
Lindsay Quartet

Produced by Iain Chambers for 大象传媒 Wales