Ready to Oblige Music by Beethoven? - reviewed favourably by ROBERT ANDERSON '... the pleasure of unfamiliar music and fine performances.'

The two E flat trios are arrangements of string works by Beethoven. Whether these versions of the Op 3 String Trio (first movement only), and Op 4 String Quintet are by the great man himself remains debatable. Certainly they were published during the composer's lifetime, and there is nothing improbable in an ascription to Beethoven when we remember that he agreed to turn even the violin concerto into a work for piano and orchestra...

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

CEDILLE RECORDS

GERMANY

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA