Lalo: Trio No 1; Bruch: Trio in C Minor; Mendelssohn: Trio No 1: Petrof Piano Trio

The Petrof Piano Trio, resident ensemble of the Czech piano company Petrof, was formed in 2009. But its members – violinist Jan Schulmeister, cellist Kamil Zvak and pianist Martina Schulmeisterova – play like old hands (Schulmeister is a long- standing member of the Wihan String Quartet). The main work here is the 20-year-old Mendelssohn's D minor, the sometimes whirlwind outer movements given with thrust, blend and clarity; the sentiment and lightness of the central movements also nicely characterised. The trio bring a weight to the two other rarely heard trios by young men (Bruch's written at 19, Lalo's at 27) that might surprise in works you're unlikely to have heard.
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