COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Chandos
WORKS: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
PERFORMER: Borodin Trio
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 10535 X
Some may find the Borodin Trio’s approach to first movements a touch wayward, but most will warm to the full-blooded Romanticism of their way with Mendelssohn. The scherzos in particular have a magical lightness; recording is warmly supportive. Julian Haylock