Though often maligned as being less inventive examples of the composer's output, Schumann's piano trios are nonetheless important steps in his chamber music development and shining examples for his endless penchant for incorporating song-like melodies into any medium. Schumann did not turn to the genre until relatively late in his career -- 1842 -- and even then only in a set of four miniatures that he later revised and published as Op. 88. The first formal piano trio did not emerge until 1847, after the two famous trios of ...
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Though often maligned as being less inventive examples of the composer's output, Schumann's piano trios are nonetheless important steps in his chamber music development and shining examples for his endless penchant for incorporating song-like melodies into any medium. Schumann did not turn to the genre until relatively late in his career -- 1842 -- and even then only in a set of four miniatures that he later revised and published as Op. 88. The first formal piano trio did not emerge until 1847, after the two famous trios of Mendelssohn and the increasingly popular trio of his wife, Clara. In total, Schumann turned to the piano trio three times. This EMI disc features the three formal trios along with the Op. 88 Fantasiestücke and the Theodor Kirchner piano trio arrangement of the Op. 56 Etudes; performing are pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and siblings Christian (violin) and Tanja (cello) Tetzlaff. Unlike some unions of prominent solo performers for the occasional chamber music collaboration, Andsnes and the...
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