With Cyrille Dubois, tenor

Responding to a request from his primarily lucrative publisher, Beethoven took the commission very seriously and did not simply add simple accompaniments to arrangements of Scottish, Irish, and Welsh folk songs. By adding introductions, original harmonies, and complex accompaniments, he transformed them into true works of art, "treasures of poetry where humor vies with tenderness, where the popular vein is tinged with autumnal nostalgia, so much so that we touch here on the most secret part of his work, where the creator secretly draws closer to Mozart."

Beethoven :

Selection of popular songs from:

25 Irish songs WoO 152

26 Welsh songs WoO 155

7 British songs WoO 158b

25 Scottish songs Op. 108

Variations Op. 44 in E-flat major for piano trio