CMXCIII. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van: Serenade in D Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 8

CMXCIII. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

Serenade in D Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 8 (1796-97)
1. Marcia: Allegro -- Adagio
2. Menuetto: Allegretto
3. Adagio -- Scherzo: Allegro molto -- Adagio -- Allegro molto -- Adagio
4. Allegretto alla polacca
5. Andante quasi allegretto -- Variation 1 -- Variation 2 -- Variation 3 -- Variation 4 -- Allegro -- Tempo I
6. Marcia: Allegro
Liya Yakupova, violin
Laura Rayén Escanilla Rivera, viola
Simon Deffner, cello
(28:22)

A stunningly successful multi-movement early work ...

1. Marcia: Allegro -- Adagio

2. Menuetto: Allegretto

Beethoven ends the dance with a short coda -- all pizzicato -- like a polite bow!

3. Adagio -- Scherzo: Allegro molto -- Adagio -- Allegro molto -- Adagio

A solemn 22 bars in the parallel minor attaccas to

A Haydnesque bat-out-of-hell scherzo -- equally abbreviated -- and back to the slow D Minor; scherzo; slow. Beethoven's canvas is large and getting larger.

4. Allegretto alla polacca

Beethoven being a little playful at the end:

5. Andante quasi allegretto -- Variation 1 -- Variation 2 -- Variation 3 -- Variation 4

6. Marcia: Allegro