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Iain Burnside compares recordings of Schubert's E flat Piano Trio D.929 and makes a personal recommendation. It was one of the last compositions Schubert completed and was one of the few late works he heard performed before his premature death. The main theme of the Andante has been used in many film soundtracks and is thought to be based on a Swedish folk song.

Top recommendation:

Schubert - Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929
Trio Wanderer
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902002/03 (2CD mid-price)

Other recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Iain Burnside also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Andras Schiff - Concertos & Chamber Music
BARTOK: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (complete)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete); Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 'Appassionata'
DVORAK: Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81; Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat Op. 87
MOZART: Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K502; Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt-Trio"; Piano Trio No. 4 in E major K542
SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821; Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898; Notturno in E flat major for piano trio, D897 (Op. post.148); Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929
VERESS: Hommage a Paul Klee; Concerto for piano, strings and percussion; 6 Csardas
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor), Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Panocha Quartet, Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Miklos Perenyi (cello), Heinz Holliger (conductor), Andras Schiff (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564699675 (9CD supra-budget)

Schubert: The Complete Works for Fortepiano Trio
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929; Piano Trio movement in B flat major, D28; Notturno in E flat major for piano trio, D897 (Op. post.148)
Jan Vermeulen (fortepiano), Christine Busch (violin), France Springuel (cello)
ETCETERA KTC1495 (2CD budget)

Schubert: Chamber Works
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887; String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D112; String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'; Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934; Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929
The Busch Quartet, Adolf Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Hermann Busch (cello)
REGIS RRC3012 (3CD budget)

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