Though he did not turn to the piano trio genre in earnest until the end of his short life, Schubert's two primary contributions to the literature were written on a grand scale of ethereal beauty, breathtaking melancholy, and youthful jubilance. Although the trios in E flat and B flat are the most well-known and frequently played, they were not Schubert's only forays into the medium. The E flat Adagio, often referred to as Nocturne, is often thought to be a first attempt at the E flat Trio's slow movement but works quite ...
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Though he did not turn to the piano trio genre in earnest until the end of his short life, Schubert's two primary contributions to the literature were written on a grand scale of ethereal beauty, breathtaking melancholy, and youthful jubilance. Although the trios in E flat and B flat are the most well-known and frequently played, they were not Schubert's only forays into the medium. The E flat Adagio, often referred to as Nocturne, is often thought to be a first attempt at the E flat Trio's slow movement but works quite well as a stand-alone work. From Schubert's student days, there is also the B flat Trio movement, an exuberant portrait of the composer's early writing. Performing these complete trios on this Nimbus Alliance album is the Vienna Schubert Trio, a short-lived ensemble founded in 1985 and disbanded in 1993. Its straightforward, no-nonsense approach to its namesake's repertoire points back to a tutelage under the Beaux Arts Trio. Technically, the trio's members are generally solid;...
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