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Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Linos Piano Trio: Quartet no. 25 in C major, op. 20, no. 2, Hob.III:32, Capriccio: Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3
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Daniel Steibelt, arr. Linos Piano Trio: Rondo Pastoral op. 33, L'Orage
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost

Eroica (or Heroic)
The "heroic" topic was prevalent around 1800 as Europe was entangled in the Napoleonic wars.
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony has come to be a flag bearer of this movement in music. In the same key of E-flat, we hear echoes of the revolutionary sentiments in both Op. 1/1 and Op. 70/2.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 1, no. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Linos Piano Trio: Finale from Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 55, Eroica
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 70, no. 2

Sturm und Drang

Haydn famously didn't like Beethoven's extreme dramatic style in Op. 1/3, but we trace the opening theme back to Haydn's own String Quartet. The "storm" topic continues to inspire Beethoven to experiment with cloudy sounds in the Ghost trio.

Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Linos Piano Trio: Quartet no. 25 in C major, op. 20, no. 2, Hob.III:32, Capriccio: Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost

Sacred and Profane

Not an immediate image of Beethoven in the popular imagination, but he was a master of juxtaposing the sacred and the profane. Often letting the profane and humour have the last words, as is the case in his culminating final piano trio Op. 97 that was the last piece he performed in public.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in G major, op. 1, no. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Beethoven: Scherzo and Finale, from Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, op. 97, Archduke