A Retrospective Trio Zimmermann

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello):
• 1 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Aria 04:08
• 2 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 1 01:48
• 3 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 2 01:35
• 4 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 3, Canone all'unisono 01:49
• 5 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 4 01:05
• 6 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 5 01:22
• 7 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 6, Canone alla seconda 01:15
• 8 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 7 01:51
• 9 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 8 01:47
• 10 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 9, Canone alla terza 01:29
• 11 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 10, Fughetta 01:30
• 12 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 11 02:04
• 13 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 12, Canone alla quarta 02:13
• 14 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 13 05:16
• 15 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 14 02:11
• 16 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 15, Canone alla quinta 04:05
• 17 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 16, Ouverture 02:52
• 18 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 17 01:45
• 19 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 18, Canone alla sesta 01:21
• 20 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 19 01:20
• 21 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 20 02:06
• 22 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 21, Canone alla settima 02:23
• 23 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 22, Alla breve 01:18
• 24 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 23 01:57
• 25 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 24, Canone all'ottava 02:30
• 26 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 25 07:37
• 27 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 26 02:02
• 28 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 27, Canone alla nona 01:46
• 29 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 28 02:15
• 30 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 29 02:13
• 31 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Var. 30, Quodlibet 01:38
• 32 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. Trio Zimmermann for Violin, Viola & Cello): Aria da capo 02:45
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791): Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563:
• 33 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: I. Allegro 12:23
• 34 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: II. Adagio 11:15
• 35 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: III. Menuetto. Allegretto 05:23
• 36 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: IV. Andante 07:05
• 37 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: V. Menuetto. Allegretto 05:17
• 38 Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: VI. Allegro 06:28
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471:
• 39 Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471 11:31
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3:
• 40 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: I. Allegro con brio 10:26
• 41 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: II. Andante 09:24
• 42 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegretto 03:24
• 43 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: IV. Adagio 07:46
• 44 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: V. Minuet. Moderato 03:21
• 45 Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3: VI. Finale. Allegro 06:20
• Serenade in D Major, Op. 8:
• 46 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Ia. Marcia. Allegro 02:15
• 47 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Ib. Adagio 06:01
• 48 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: II. Menuetto. Allegretto 02:12
• 49 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: III. Adagio 03:57
• 50 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: IV. Allegretto alla polacca 03:22
• 51 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Va. Tema con variazioni. Andante quasi allegretto 06:40
• 52 Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: Vb. Marcia. Allegro 02:43
• String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1:
• 53 Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio 12:35
• 54 Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile 06:39
• 55 Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro 02:35
• 56 Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: IV. Presto 05:05
• String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2:
• 57 Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegretto 07:34
• 58 Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Andante quasi allegretto 04:40
• 59 Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: III. Menuetto. Allegro 03:37
• 60 Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Allegro 05:48
• String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3:
• 61 Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: I. Allegro con spirito 09:21
• 62 Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: II. Adagio con espressione 07:04
• 63 Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace 02:55
• 64 Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3: IV. Finale. Presto 05:53
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): String Trio No. 1, Op. 34:
• 65 Hindemith: String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: I. Toccata 04:51
• 66 Hindemith: String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: II. Langsam und mit großer ruhe 06:13
• 67 Hindemith: String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: III. Mäßig schnelle viertel 01:37
• 68 Hindemith: String Trio No. 1, Op. 34: IV. Fuge 06:48
• String Trio No. 2:
• 69 Hindemith: String Trio No. 2: I. Mäßig schnell 07:37
• 70 Hindemith: String Trio No. 2: II. Lebhaft 06:10
• 71 Hindemith: String Trio No. 2: III. Langsam 08:07
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): String Trio, Op. 45:
• 72 Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45: I. Pt. 1 01:51
• 73 Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45: II. 1st Episode 05:16
• 74 Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45: III. Pt. 2 03:09
• 75 Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45: IV. 2nd Episode 02:32
• 76 Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45: V. Pt. 3 05:43
• Total Runtime 05:34:09

Info for A Retrospective

In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra. Three individually superb string players do not necessarily add up to a top-flight trio – even if they all play on instruments by Stradivarius, as here – but Trio Zimmermann immediately made a name for itself at international festivals and prestigious concert venues. In 2010 the trio released its first disc – with Mozart's seminal Divertimento – to critical acclaim. (More than 10 years later, that recording was the top recommendation in the Record Review series Building a Library on BBC Radio 3.)

On following offerings, the ensemble explored the later repertoire for string trio: two albums with Beethoven's contributions to the genre, and a third with works by Hindemith and Schoenberg which have garnered distinctions such as Diapason de l’Année, the Chamber Award from BBC Music Magazine and a ‘Jahrespreis’ from the German Record Critics’ Award association. For their fifth album to date the trio went back in time, however, as the three members together prepared a performing version of Bach's Goldberg Variations, described as ‘a triumph of combined technical ingenuity and musical insight’ in The Strad. These five discs have now been collected into a boxed-set retrospective, offering lovers of chamber music more than 5 hours of glorious music-making, in top-notch sound and including the original booklets with full documentation.

Trio Zimmermann

Trio Zimmermann
In 2007 the violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, the Trio Zimmermann, together with the viola player Antoine Tamestit and the cellist Christian Poltéra. All three musicians have their own distinguished solo careers, but they happily meet for one or two short touring periods per season. The trio performs in such musical centres as Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Vienna and Zürich, as well as during the festivals in Salzburg and Edinburgh. The Trio Zimmermann records for BIS Records and their award-winning releases so far include the Beethoven String Trio’s Op. 9 (Diapason d’Or de l’Année in 2012, and a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2013), Beethoven’s String Trio, Op. 3 and the Serenade, Op. 8, and the Mozart Divertimento KV 563.

Frank Peter Zimmermann
is one of the most highly sought-after violinists of his generation. Since finishing his studies with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers, he has performed with all the world’s major orchestras, collaborating on these occasions with the world’s most renowned conductors. His many concert engagements take him to all major concert venues and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia and South America. Recent additions to his wide-ranging and award- winning discography on BIS, Decca, Sony, EMI and ECM include recordings of concertos by Dvořák, Hindemith, Shostakovich and Brett Dean.

He plays on the 1711 Antonio Stradivari violin "Lady Inchiquin”, which is kindly provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, "Kunst im Landesbesitz".

Antoine Tamestit
is one of today’s most sought-after violists. Appearing with major international orchestras, he remains a passionate chamber musician, playing with the leading artists of our time. His wide repertoire extends from baroque to contemporary music and he has premiered many new and important works. He is artistic director of the Viola Space Festival in Tokyo. Born in Paris, Tamestit studied with Jean Sulem, Jesse Levine and Tabea Zimmermann. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Credit Suisse Young Artists Award and first prizes at the Primrose International Viola Competition and the ARD International Music Competition. Antoine Tamestit plays on the Stradivarius viola "Mahler" from 1672, on loan from the Habisreutinger Foundation.

Christian Poltéra
was a pupil of Nancy Chumachenco, Boris Pergamenschikow and Heinrich Schiff. Between 2004 and 2006 he was a member of the prestigious New Generation Artists’ scheme of BBC Radio 3 in London and in 2004 received the Borletti-Buitoni Award. As a soloist he gives concerts with numerous renowned orchestras and conductors. He is also a passionate chamber musician, working with many distinguished fellow artists, and is a frequent guest at various illustrious festivals. Christian Poltéra’s internationally acclaimed discography include numerous releases on BIS and reflects his wide range of concerto and chamber music repertoire. He plays on the famous ’Mara’ cello made by Stradivarius in 1711.

Booklet for A Retrospective