. Hoffmann Grand Trio 4. Allegro vivace

. Hoffmann Grand piano trio in E 4 Allegro vivace Beethoven Trio Ravensburg All musicians should be eternally grateful that the phantasmagoric inventions of Hoffmann inspired Schumann’s genius. But Hoffmann was also a talented musician as this Trio proves. The short scherzo is in particular a little gem with its dotted rhythms which would be so characteristic of many of Schumann’s works.