Johannes Brahms became a close confidante of Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann's wife, after Robert's suicide attempt and commitment to an asylum.
Composition History
Robert Schumann chose the key of D minor for his Piano Trio No. 1 in reverence to Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio Op. 49.
Compositional Technique
Antonín Dvořák's Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 90, known as the 'Dumky' Trio, is named for its six dumka movements, a Slavic/Ukrainian lament characterized by alternating slow, mournful sections with lively contrasts.
Historical Context
A potential link between the three composers on this disc — Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, and Antonín Dvořák — is Johannes Brahms, who was Schumann's protégé and a significant figure in the lives of all three.
Performer Biography
Raphael Wallfisch, the cellist of Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch, won the Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition in Florence at the age of twenty-four.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63, was composed in 1847, a busy year for him, and was likely prompted by his wife Clara Schumann's own Piano Trio in G minor.
Composition History
Edvard Grieg's Andante con moto in C Minor was intended as the slow movement of a full-scale piano trio that never materialized.
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