The Gould Piano Trio, the performers on this album, have been active for 25 years and were compared to the great Beaux Arts Trio by the Washington Post.
Cultural Impact
Schubert's Valses nobles, originally for solo piano, were a direct inspiration and musical model for Maurice Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales' nearly a century later.
Composition History
The Piano Trio in E-flat major, D897, 'Notturno', was likely originally composed as the slow movement for Schubert's Piano Trio in B-flat major, D898.
Compositional Technique
A distinctive feature of Schubert's writing in his Piano Trio No. 1 is for a theme to be played on the piano by both hands in octaves.
Notable Performances
The first performances of Schubert's piano trios were given by a distinguished group of musicians, including Ignaz Schuppanzigh, a violinist who premiered Beethoven's late quartets.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert, the composer, wrote only two full-length piano trios late in his short career, in 1827-28.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann, a famous composer and critic, praised Schubert's B-flat Trio, stating that it made 'the miserable hustle and bustle of human existence vanish'.
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