Prinz Louis Ferdinand - Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 3 (1799)

Prince Frederick Louis Christian "Ferdinand" of Prussia (German: Friedrich Ludwig Christian; 18 November 1772 – 10 October 1806), was a Prussian prince, soldier, composer and pianist. Prince Louis Ferdinand fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Please support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 3 (1798-99, publ. 1806) Dedication: Madame la Duchesse de Courlande I. Allegro espressivo (0:00) II. Andante con Variazioni (11:59) III. Rondo. Grazioso e brillante (21:09) Horst Göbel, piano and the Joachim Quartett. The trio was dedicated to Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821). She was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble German Baltic Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland (a Baltic region). Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marriage to Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland, she hosted an aristocratic salon in Berlin and performed various diplomatic duties on behalf of her estranged husband. In 1794 she acquired the Gutsherrschaft Löbichau in Altenburgischen and spent her summers at the newly built Schloss there. Inviting poets, philosophers, relatives and friends to Löbichau, it became known as the Musenhof der Herzogin von Kurland. Her sister Elisa von der Recke, who would later be linked with Christoph August Tiedge, came to Löbichau to live and Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Frederick William III of Prussia, Napoleon I of France, Talleyrand, Metternich, Goethe, Schiller and other personalities of the time were the duchess's personal friends. In 1801, she received a proposal from Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden.