Pairing the Triple Concerto with one of the piano concertos or the Violin Concerto almost always plays to its disadvantage. Perhaps with a nod to their concerto-plus-trio Schumann series, Faust, Queyras and Melnikov have chosen the trio arrangement of the Second Symphony, bearing the same opus number. As the notes rightly point out, it’s unlikely that the transcription was by the composer himself – Ferdinand Ries, as confirmed by Czerny, is a far more probable candidate. In this form the orchestral colours may be missing, but the transparent texture allows for an unusually well-defined picture of the architecture and the lines, as well as opening up all sorts of new possibilities for individual display and ensemble dialogue. Suffice to say that Faust, Queyras and Melnikov (this time using his own 2014 instrument after Anton Walther, whereas for the Concerto he chooses an 1815 Viennese original) make as strong a case as you could imagine for this version as an independent worthwhile work. Evidently the anniversary year hasn’t exhausted the flow of remarkable new Beethoven discs.