This recording represents only a snapshot of our lifelong effort to capture the spirit and essence of Beethoven’s music. While playing together in the Peabody Trio for nearly two decades, we performed all of the Beethoven Trios and recorded Opus 1 nos.1 and 3 and the Opus 70 trios on the Artek label. In addition, we played the cellos sonatas and coached our students on these pieces. In grappling with these works over many years, we have become increasingly familiar with the medium and ever more obsessive about the ways in which our instruments speak to each other in Beethoven’s music. The instruments sing together, argue, reminisce, shout, and weep. These sonatas have challenged us to use our utmost imagination in color and expression. It is this challenge that has inspired us to come back to these pieces over and over, to explore them again and again. Artist biographies: Cellist Natasha Brofsky has enjoyed a performing and teaching career wh...