COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: PentaTone
ALBUM TITLE: Mendelssohn
WORKS: Piano Trios Nos 1 and 2
PERFORMER: Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: PTC 5186 609 (hybrid CD/SACD) (2006)
Plenty of passion, mercurial wit and lyrical reflection in this brilliant performance of the D minor Trio. An intelligently calibrated C minor Trio emphasises the work’s darker undercurrents.
Erik Levi