Mendelssohn Piano Trios 1 and 2 - $16.95

Performed by a stellar trio of rising star artists - Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) and Jonathon Gilad (piano) All three Artists are consummate chamber musicians and they appear to have the greatest respect for each other. Fischer and Müller-Schott have a startling ability to match their tone to one another. Gilad's contribution sparkles and dances. Fischer, at the beginning of the rather somber first movement of the C Minor trio, reminds one startlingly of Rostropovich with a huge yet doleful sound. Their approach is fiery yet tender, flowing yet not afraid to linger at times. These are big, muscular and spontaneous readings. There is some emphasis on the darker side of the music, especially in the C Minor, and yet they break free with a joyous élan in placed like the scherzo of the D Minor and the finale of the C Minor. The quotation of the Lutheran chorale 'Herr Gott, Dich fürchten wir alle' in that finale comes as an epiphany, one that is almost heart-breaking in its simplicity and sincerity