Beethoven Piano Trios Nos 1-3 - Complete Classical Music Collection for Piano, Violin & Cello - Perfect for Concerts, Music Lessons & Home Listening

I particularly enjoy Martinu's music, and was looking forwards to this SACD. Alas, this one was a gross disappointment for me.There are two major problems.First, the balance between the instruments is completely wrong: the piano is overly dominant, with a weak violin and cello sound. For a chamber music recording, the balance verges on incompetence. Second, the performance itself is simply weak: no vitality, an overly dominant piano, a scratchy string sound, frequent intonation errors, and overall something that sounds like your average college student ensemble having a go at it. Appallingly bad.Resolution: pure DSDSuper Jewel Box: No (standard old redbook casing)Programme notes: tiny font - far too small. Poor.Performance: 1 starRecording: 1 star[As an aside, as a matter of production, Praga have much to learn about presentation. The programme notes are rendered in a tiny font that gives eye strain, the SACD is presented in an old-fashioned redbook CD case, and the layout of the trios on the disc equally suggests little thought has gone into such matters: it starts with Piano trio No. 2, works through Trio No 3, and then ends with Piano Trio No. 1??????]