Robert Schumann: Trio nº 3 Op. 110 (1851)

Trio for piano, violin and cello Op. 110 (1851), Robert Schumann (1810-1856). The Munich Dvorak Trio Gitti Pirner, piano Janos Maté, violin Franz Amann, cello I. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch (00:00) II. Ziemlich langsam / Etwas bewegter / Erstes Tempo (7:13) III. Rasch / Etwas Zuruckhaltend bis zum langsameren Tempo / Erstes Tempo (13:21) IV. Kräftig, mit Humor (17:03) Schumann wrote four trios for piano and strings and this G minor effort is the last of them. The unnumbered Phantasiestücke (1842) was the first and it was followed by No. 1 in D minor and No. 2 in F major, both dating to 1847. The G minor trio here, like the other three, is cast in four movements, the first of which is the longest and most rewarding. Marked Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch (Agitated, but not too fast), it opens with a dark, restless theme of Romantic temperament played first by the violin, but quickly taken up by the cello. The music is full of passion and mystery here, Schumann