If you harbour any doubt that Franz Schubert could knock it out of the park like his hero Beethoven, the “Piano Trio in E Flat” op. 100 should convince you otherwise. Sure, Schubert’s four-movement ...

Our week of California performances continues with host Fred Child joining us from Los Angeles. In this segment we hear from Camerata Pacifica, a southern California chamber music series. Roger Wilkie ...

These two tremendous piano trios, of symphonic proportions, are deceptive. The movements begin innocently enough, but then develop searing power and passion. The period instruments here, led by a ...

Another telling point is the tempo set for the second movement. Too generous and you can end up with a Winterreise-inflected tread, which only works in a reading of the utmost refinement. The Vienna ...

As an exchange student in France, I used to listen to Schubert’s chamber music while setting the table for dinner. “Turn it off!” my host mother finally demanded one day. “We don’t live in a candy ...