Three exceptional musicianswho are long-term collaboratorstogether explore the first andlast piano trios by Beethoven,the good-natured E flat fromhis official Opus 1, published in1795, and the B flat ‘Archduke’composed in 1810-11 anddedicated to Beethoven’s friendand pupil, the Archduke Rudolph– the last work the composer everplayed in public.