Klaviertrio Nr. 2 in d (Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor)

Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trios In D Minor Op.49; C Minor Op.66. This work includes two of Felix Mendelssohn's works arranged for Piano trio inludes the works Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 and Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66.

Piano Trio no. 1 in d minor op. 49. Mendelssohn is considered a self-critical composer, who repeatedly reworked a number of his pieces until he deemed them worthy to be published. The path to his first Piano Trio was particularly rocky: only after several attempts was he able to complete it in the summer of 1839: it appeared in 1840 after further revisions. This perfectionism paid off, for Mendelssohn?s d minor Trio was immediately received with enthusiasm. Robert Schumann wrote: ?It is the master trio of the present day, like those of Beethoven in Bb and D and that of Franz Schubert in Eb were in their time: a very beautiful composition which after years will still delight grandchildren and great-grandchildren.? Which was to prove true: even today, it numbers among the most popular works in the trio repertoire in general. The trio, taken from the volume Mendelssohn · Piano Trios HN 957, is now available from Henle for the first time also as a practical single edition.