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)^[3]
• 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)^[4]
• Eugene Istomin, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello (1964).^[5]
• Trio Dali (Amandine Savary, piano; Jack Liebeck, violin; Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello), (2011).^[6]
• Busch Trio (Mathieu van Bellen, violin; Ori Epstein, cello; Omri Epstein, piano), (2022).^[7]

External links

• • Performance of Piano Trio No. 1 by the Eroica Trio from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Notes and References

1. Sleeve note of the Supraphon CD (SU 3959-2)
2. Book: Gibbs, Christopher. The Cambridge Companion to Schubert. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. 1997. 187.
3. Classics reconsidered: Schubert’s B flat Trio from Thibaud, Casals and Cortot. 21 August 2024. 23 January 2018. Gramophone. Rob Cowan. Tully Potter.
4. https://fluffontheneedle.blogspot.com/2012/06/loosing-plot.html "Losing the Plot"
5. Schubert . Franz . Istomin . Eugene . Stern . Isaac . Rose . Leonard . Trio for piano, violin & cello no. 1 in B-flat major op. 99 D 898 = Trio für Klavier, Violine & Violoncello Nr. 1 B-Dur . CBS-Schallplatten . Frankfurt (Main) . 1989 . 1183489704 . de .
6. Schubert . Franz . Trio Dali . Trios ; Sonate "Arpeggione" ; Fantaisie . Fuga Libera . 2011 . 811454306 . zxx .
7. Schubert . Franz . Palmizio . Daniel . Shaham . Naomi . Trio Busch . Trio opus 99 Forellenquintett . Alpha classics, Outhere music France . [France], [France] . 2024 . 1437367998 . zxx .