Piano Trios Nos 4 & 8: For Piano Clarinet & Cello;

Composed in 1798, a few years after he settled in Vienna, Beethoven' Gassenhauer Trio gained this nickname from its set of variations on Pria ch'io l'impegno from Weigl' comic opera Il Corsaro. It opens with a finely crafted sonata-form Allegro con