Piano Trio No. 1 (Schubert) Explained
The Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 898, was written by Franz Schubert in 1827. The composer finished the work in 1828, in the last year of his life.[1] [2] It was published in 1836 as Opus 99, eight years after the composer's death. Like the E-flat major trio, it is an unusually large scale work for piano trio, taking around 40 minutes in total to perform.
Structure
The piano trio contains four movements:
Discography
- Alfred Cortot, piano; Jacques Thibaud, violin; Pablo Casals, cello (Kingsway Hall, London, July 5 and 6, 1926; originally released in October 1926 as HMV DB947/50, with US issue as Victor set M 11)
- New York Trio (Clarence Adler, piano; Louis Edlin, violin; Cornelius van Vliet, cello) (May 24, 1928; released late 1928 as Edison Diamond Discs 80898/901; deleted December 31, 1929)
- Eugene Istomin, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello (1964).
- Trio Dali (Amandine Savary, piano; Jack Liebeck, violin; Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello), (2011).
- Busch Trio (Mathieu van Bellen, violin; Ori Epstein, cello; Omri Epstein, piano), (2022).
References
- Book: Gibbs, Christopher
. The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. 1997. Cambridge.
- Book: Einstein, Alfred. Alfred Einstein. Schubert: A Musical Portrait. 1951. Oxford University Press. New York. Einstein.
- Gramophone Magazine, "Classics reconsidered: Schubert’s B flat Trio from Thibaud, Casals and Cortot," https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/classics-reconsidered-schubert-s-b-flat-trio-from-thibaud-casals-and-cortot
- Fluff on the Needle, "Losing the Plot," June 16, 2012, https://fluffontheneedle.blogspot.com/2012/06/loosing-plot.html
External links
Notes and References
- Sleeve note of the Supraphon CD (SU 3959-2)
- [#Cambridge|Gibbs]
